Maternal exposure to biomass smoke and reduced birth weight in Zimbabwe*1
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Maternal exposure to biomass smoke and reduced birth weight in Zimbabwe.
PURPOSE To examine the association between household use of biomass fuels for cooking and birth weight. METHODS Analysis is based on 3559 childbirths in the 5 years preceding the 1999 Zimbabwe Demographic and Health Survey. Birth weights, recorded by trained professionals at local health clinics, were derived from health cards at home or from mother's recall. Multiple regression method was us...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Epidemiology
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1047-2797
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2004.01.009