Green spaces and adverse pregnancy outcomes

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 562-569

  Agay Shay, Keren ^a,b,c   Peled, Ammatzia ^d   Crespo, Antonia Valentín ^a,b,c   Peretz, Chava ^e   Amitai, Yona ^f   Linn, Shai ^g   Friger, Michael ^h   Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J ^a,b,c  

^a CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^e TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^f BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^g RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^h BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE PREGNANCY OUTCOMES; LBW; NDVI; PTD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; COLOR; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; ISRAEL; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PLANTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905114836     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2013-101961     Document Type: Article

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