Ambient air pollution and risk of birth defects in southern california

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 17-25

  Ritz, Beate ^a   Yu, Fei ^a   Fruin, Scott ^a,b   Chapa, Guadalupe ^a   Shaw, Gary M ^c   Harris, John A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD   (United States)

^c California Birth Defects Monitoring Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Abnormalities; Air pollution; Carbon monoxide; Cleft lip; Cleft palate; Congenital; Environment and public health; Heart defects; Ozone

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE;

ABNORMALITY; AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; HEALTH RISK;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AORTA ANOMALY; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FACE MALFORMATION; FEMALE; FETUS; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH; PULMONARY ARTERY DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ABNORMALITIES; AIR POLLUTANTS; BAYES THEOREM; CALIFORNIA; CARBON MONOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; OZONE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036140432     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/155.1.17     Document Type: Article

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