Relationships between mild PM10 and ozone urban air levels and spontaneous abortion: Clues for primary prevention

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 640-655

  Di Ciaula, Agostino ^a   Bilancia, Massimo ^b  

^a Hospital of Bisceglie (ASL BAT)   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

nitrogen dioxide; ozone; PM10; pollution; spontaneous abortion

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ABORTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EFFECT; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR; ARTICLE; CITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL AREA; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; URBAN AREA; ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; AIR POLLUTANT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; ITALY; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; TOXICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; OZONE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84944172124     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: 13691619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603123.2014.1003041     Document Type: Article

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