Particulate air pollution and fetal health: A systematic review of the epidemiologic evidence

Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 36-45

  Glinianaia, Svetlana V ^a,b   Rankin, Judith ^a   Bell, Ruth ^a   Pless Mulloli, Tanja ^a   Howel, Denise ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; BIRTH WEIGHT; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FETOTOXICITY; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STILLBIRTH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; INFANT WELFARE; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; NEWBORN; PARTICLE SIZE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 1542610630     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ede.0000101023.41844.ac     Document Type: Review

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