Environmental contaminant exposures and preterm birth: A comprehensive review

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part B: Critical Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 69-113

  Ferguson, Kelly K ^a   O'Neill, Marie S ^a   Meeker, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; 4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; DIOXIN; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; LEAD; MERCURY; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PHTHALIC ACID; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLLUTANT; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

AIR POLLUTANTS; DIOXINS; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; METALS; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84878275654     PISSN: 10937404     EISSN: 15216950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10937404.2013.775048     Document Type: Review

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