The impact of air pollution on low birth weight and infant mortality

Reviews on Environmental Health

Volumn 28, Issue 2-3, 2013, Pages 107-115

  Ezziane, Zoheir ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c Higher Colleges of Technology ^*  (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Health impacts; Infant mortality; Low birth weight

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; STATISTICS; TIME;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84888226970     PISSN: 00487554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/reveh-2013-0007     Document Type: Review

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