Corrigendum to "Maternal arsenic exposure and birth outcomes: A comprehensive review of the epidemiologic literature focused on drinking water" [Int. J. Hyg. Environ. Health, 217, (7) (2014) 709-719] Doi: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2014.03.004;Maternal arsenic exposure and birth outcomes: A comprehensive review of the epidemiologic literature focused on drinking water

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 217, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 709-719

  Bloom, Michael S ^a   Surdu, Simona ^a   Neamtiu, Iulia A ^b   Gurzau, Eugen S ^b,c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Environmental Health Center   (Romania)

^c IULIU HATIEGANU UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Arsenic (As); Birth size; Birth weight; Drinking water; Epidemiology; Gestation

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARSENIC; BIRTH WEIGHT; DRINKING WATER; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84926082344     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2015.05.005     Document Type: Erratum

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