Arsenic exposure and risk of spontaneous abortion, stillbirth, and infant mortality

Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 797-804

  Rahman, Anisur ^a,b   Persson, Lars Åke ^b   Nermell, Barbro ^c   El Arifeen, Shams ^a   Ekström, Eva Charlotte ^b   Smith, Allan H ^d   Vahter, Marie ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH; URINE LEVEL;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ARSENIC; BANGLADESH; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 77958476844     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e3181f56a0d     Document Type: Article

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