The effect of extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields on pregnancy and fetal growth, and development

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 221-224

  Mahram, Manoochehr ^a   Ghazavi, Mohammad ^a  

^a QAZVIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Congenital malformations; Electromagnetic fields; Exposure; Growth and development; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATION PERIOD; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL EXPOSURE;

ABNORMALITIES, RADIATION-INDUCED; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84875311832     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: 17353947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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