Mapping outdoor habitat and abnormally small newborns to develop an ambient health hazard index
Abstract Background The geography of where pregnant mothers live is important for understanding outdoor environmental habitat that may result in adverse birth outcomes. We investigated whether more babies were born small for gestational age or low birth weight at term to mothers living in environmen...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-11-01
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Series: | International Journal of Health Geographics |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12942-017-0117-5 |