Does the metal content in soil around a pregnant woman’s home increase the risk of low birth weight for her infant?

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1191-1197

  McDermott, Suzanne ^a   Bao, Weichao ^a   Aelion, C Marjorie ^b   Cai, Bo ^a   Lawson, Andrew B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Copper; Geocoding maternal residence

Indexed keywords

METAL; METALLOID; SOIL POLLUTANT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANT; TOXICITY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; METALLOIDS; METALS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SOUTH CAROLINA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930516091     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-014-9617-4     Document Type: Article

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