Birth outcomes and maternal residential proximity to natural gas development in rural Colorado

Everyday Environmental Toxins: Childrens Exposure Risks

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 111-130

  McKenzie, Lisa M ^a   Guo, Ruixin ^b   Witter, Roxana Z ^a   Savitz, David A ^c   Newman, Lee S ^a   Adgate, John L ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Occupational Health ^*  (United States)

^b Global Health and Health Disparities   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84995975823     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/b18221     Document Type: Chapter

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