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Editorial
. 2023 Feb;160(2):368-371.
doi: 10.1002/ijgo.14408. Epub 2022 Sep 7.

Fossil fuel is the common denominator between climate change and petrochemical exposures, and effects on women and children's health

Jessica Trowbridge  1 , Dana E Goin  1 , Dimitri Abrahamsson  1 , Rachel Sklar  1 , Tracey J Woodruff  1   2
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Editorial

Fossil fuel is the common denominator between climate change and petrochemical exposures, and effects on women and children's health

Jessica Trowbridge et al. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2023 Feb.
No abstract available

Keywords: Women's and children’s health; endocrine disrupting compounds; fossil fuel; petrochemicals; plastics; pregnancy.

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The authors have no known conflicts of interest.

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