Birth weight following pregnancy during the 2003 southern California wildfires

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 120, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1340-1345

  Holstius, David M ^a   Reid, Colleen E ^a   Jesdale, Bill M ^b   Morello Frosch, Rachel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Birth weight; Fetal growth retardation; Fires; Particulate matter; Pregnancy outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FETUS; FIRE ECOLOGY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SMOKE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84930477454     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1104515     Document Type: Article

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