Invited Perspective: Drilling Down into the Mechanisms Linking Oil and Gas Development to Adverse Perinatal Health Outcomes

Overview

Journal Environ Health Perspect

Date 2024 Oct 16

PMID 39412280

Authors

Joan A Casey

Mary D Willis

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