Preterm birth after the utah valley steel mill closure: A natural experiment

Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 820-823

  Parker, Jennifer D ^a   Mendola, Pauline ^a   Woodruff, Tracey J ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; MOTHER; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUCASIAN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METALLURGY; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

STEEL;

AIR POLLUTION; BIRTH CERTIFICATES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; METALLURGY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STEEL; UTAH;

EID: 61449444022     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e3181883d5d     Document Type: Article

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