Association between gaseous ambient air pollutants and adverse pregnancy outcomes in Vancouver, Canada.
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Association between gaseous ambient air pollutants and adverse pregnancy outcomes in Vancouver, Canada.
The association between ambient air pollution and adverse health effects, such as emergency room visits, hospitalizations, and mortality from respiratory and cardiovascular diseases, has been studied extensively in many countries, including Canada. Recently, studies conducted in China, the Czech Republic, and the United States have related ambient air pollution to adverse pregnancy outcomes. In...
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عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Health Perspectives
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0091-6765,1552-9924
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.6251