First two months of pregnancy - Critical time for preterm delivery and low birthweight caused by adverse effects of coal combustion toxics

Early Human Development

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 115-123

  Mohorovic, Lucijan ^a  

^a Labin   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Coal combustion products; Critical windows of exposure; Environmental toxics; Low birthweight; Methemoglobin; Mother hypoxemia hypoxia; Nitrogen dioxide; Preterm delivery; Sulfur dioxide

Indexed keywords

COAL; SULFUR; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALCULATION; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROATIA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN PERIOD; PATHOGENESIS; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PREMATURE LABOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; BIRTH WEIGHT; COAL; CROATIA; FEMALE; GASES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INCINERATION; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INHALATION EXPOSURE; NITROGEN OXIDES; POWER PLANTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREMATURE BIRTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

EID: 7044260822     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2004.06.001     Document Type: Article

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