A review of the literature on the effects of ambient air pollution on fetal growth.

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Published in Environ Res on May 01, 2004

Authors

Mildred Maisonet1, Adolfo Correa, Dawn Misra, Jouni J K Jaakkola

Author Affiliations

1: Pan American Health Organization, Washington, DC, USA. maisonetm@chi.ops-oms.org

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