Environmental contaminants exposure and preterm birth: A systematic review

Toxics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2019, Pages

  Porpora, Maria Grazia ^a   Piacenti, Ilaria ^a   Scaramuzzino, Sara ^a   Masciullo, Luisa ^a   Rech, Francesco ^a   Panici, Pierluigi Benedetti ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Drinking water contaminant; Environmental exposure; Environmental toxicants; Obstetrical complications; Particulate matter; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Pregnancy outcomes; Preterm birth; Tobacco smoke

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; TOBACCO SMOKE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; BIRTH WEIGHT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INFANT MORTALITY; INFLAMMATION; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; JURISPRUDENCE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MEDLINE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; REVIEW; SCOPUS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 85063913800     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23056304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/toxics7010011     Document Type: Review

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