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Ambient air pollution and low birthweight: a European cohort study (ESCAPE) [1]

This European Union (EU) study published in latest issue of the journal “The Lancet Respiratory Medicine” finds that exposure to even low levels of air pollution during pregnancy increases risk of lower birthweight babies.

Publication Date: 
15/10/2013
Marie Pedersen [2], Lise Giorgis-Allemand [3], Claire Bernard & et al [4]
Lancet Respiratory Medicine [5]
Tags:
Air Pollution [6], PM 2.5 [7], Health Effects [8], Europe [9], Maternal Health [10], Child Health [11], Respiratory Diseases [12]
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[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pm-25
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[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/maternal-health
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