Maternal exposure to biomass smoke and reduced birth weight in Zimbabwe

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 740-747

  Mishra, Vinod ^a   Dai, Xiaolei ^a   Smith, Kirk R ^b   Mika, Lasten ^c  

^a EAST WEST CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Intermediate Technol Devmt Group   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Air Pollution; Biomass; Birth Weight; carbon monoxide; Child; CO; Indoor; LPG; odds ratio; OR; particulate matter with diameters less than 10 microns; PM10; Pregnancy Outcomes; SES; SLI; Smoke; socioeconomic status; standard of living index; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

FUEL; LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS; NATURAL GAS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; ELECTRICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SMOKE; STRAW; WOOD; ZIMBABWE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BODY MASS INDEX; COOKERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SMOKE; SOCIAL CLASS; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 7444246836     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2004.01.009     Document Type: Article

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