Birth Weight following Pregnancy during the 2003 Southern California Wildfires
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Birth Weight following Pregnancy during the 2003 Southern California Wildfires
BACKGROUND In late October 2003, a series of wildfires exposed urban populations in Southern California to elevated levels of air pollution over several weeks. Previous research suggests that short-term hospital admissions for respiratory outcomes increased specifically as a result of these fires. OBJECTIVE We assessed the impact of a wildfire event during pregnancy on birth weight among term...
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عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Health Perspectives
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0091-6765,1552-9924
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1104515