A contemporary landscape of air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions leads to inevitable phenomena of low birthweight

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 21, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 9408-9414

  Akhmat, Ghulam ^a   Zaman, Khalid ^b   Shukui, Tan ^a   Abdul Malik, Ihtisham ^b   Begum, Shamzana ^b   Ahmed, Adeel ^c  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Tobe Camp University Road Abbottabad   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Greenhouse gas; Low birth weight; Pakistan

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; METHANE; NITROUS OXIDE;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; NEWBORN; PAKISTAN; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AIR POLLUTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; METHANE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITROUS OXIDE; PAKISTAN;

EID: 84905713904     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-2867-y     Document Type: Article

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