Organochlorine pesticides concentrations in maternal serum and their effects on umbilical cord serum pesticides concentrations, neonatal birth weight and gestational age

Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1972-1983

  Samra, Nashwa M ^a,b   Selim, Ashraf A ^a,b  

^a FAYOUM UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Gestational age; Organochlorine pesticides umbilical cord serum birth weight

Indexed keywords

EID: 69549083517     PISSN: 19918178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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