Ambient air pollution and birth defects in Haikou city, Hainan province

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Liang, Zhijiang ^a   Wu, Li ^a   Fan, Lichun ^b   Zhao, Qingguo ^a  

^a Reproductive Medicine Center   (China)

^b Hainan Women and Children Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Birth defects; NO2; PM10; SO2

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84928666490     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12887-014-0283-6     Document Type: Article

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