Are environmental pollutants risk factors for low birth weight?;Os poluentes ambientais são fatores de risco para o baixo peso ao nascer?

Cadernos de Saude Publica

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1791-1796

  Nascimento, Luiz Fernando C ^a   Moreira, Douglas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAUBATÉ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Environmental pollutants; Low birth weight; Ozone; Sulfur dioxide

Indexed keywords

EID: 71749107177     PISSN: 0102311X     EISSN: 16784464     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-311X2009000800015     Document Type: Article

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