Does ambient air pollutants increase the risk of fetal loss? A case-control study

Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 289, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 285-291

  Hou, Hai Yan ^a,c   Wang, Dan ^b   Zou, Xiao Ping ^a   Yang, Zhen Hua ^a   Li, Tin Chiu ^c   Chen, Ya Qiong ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF CHINESE PEOPLE'S ARMED POLICE FORCES   (China)

^b GENERAL HOSPITAL OF CHINESE PEOPLE'S ARMED POLICE FORCES   (China)

^c JESSOP HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Fetal loss; SO2; TSP

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHINA; CLINICAL TRIAL; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARITY; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; URBAN POPULATION;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; GESTATIONAL AGE; GRAVIDITY; HUMANS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84895160558     PISSN: 09320067     EISSN: 14320711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00404-013-2962-1     Document Type: Article

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