TITLE

Spontaneous abortions possibly related to ingestion of nitrate-contaminated well water--LaGrange

PUB. DATE
July 1996
SOURCE
MMWR: Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report;7/5/1996, Vol. 45 Issue 26, p569
SOURCE TYPE
Periodical
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
Reports on spontaneous abortions possibly related to ingestion of nitrate-contaminated well water in LaGrange County, Indiana from 1991 to 1994. Patient characteristics; Complications; Statistics.
ACCESSION #
9609251442

Tags: MISCARRIAGE

 

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