Amazon forest fires between 2001 and 2006 and birth weight in Porto Velho

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-7

  Prass, Taiane S ^a   Lopes, Sílvia R C ^a   Dórea, José G ^b   Marques, Rejane C ^c   Brandão, Katiane G ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d UNIR   (Brazil)

Author keywords

ANOVA; Birth weight; Forest fires; Regression model

Indexed keywords

AMAZON FORESTS; BIRTH WEIGHT; FOREST FIRES; P-VALUES; REGRESSION MODEL; STATISTICAL MODELS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (ANOVA); FIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

DEFORESTATION;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAZIL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FIRE; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TREE;

AIR POLLUTION; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAZIL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FIRES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RURAL POPULATION; TREES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS; BRAZIL; FOREST FIRES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WEIGHT;

EID: 84859168894     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-012-0621-z     Document Type: Article

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