Association of arsenic with adverse pregnancy outcomes/infant mortality: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 412-421

  Quansah, Reginald ^a,b   Armah, Frederick Ato ^c   Essumang, David Kofi ^d   Luginaah, Isaac ^c   Clarke, Edith ^b,e   Marfoh, Kissinger ^f   Cobbina, Samuel Jerry ^g   Nketiah Amponsah, Edward ^b   Namujju, Proscovia Bazanya ^h,i   Obiri, Samuel ^j   Dzodzomenyo, Mawuli ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST   (Ghana)

^e GHANA HEALTH SERVICE   (Ghana)

^f KORLE BU TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

^g JIANGSU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^h NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

ⁱ TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^j West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use   (Ghana)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; META ANALYSIS; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; INFANT; PREGNANCY; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARSENIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84929458771     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1307894     Document Type: Review

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