Superfund cleanups and infant health

American Economic Review

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 435-441

  Currie, Janet ^a   Greenstone, Michael ^b   Moretti, Enrico ^c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; CONGENITAL DISORDER; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HUMAN; INFANT; NEWBORN; POLLUTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; UNITED STATES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FEMALE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT HEALTH; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 79958247741     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.101.3.435     Document Type: Conference Paper

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