Air pollution exposure assessment for epidemiologic studies of pregnant women and children: Lessons learned from the Centers for Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevetion Research

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 113, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1447-1454

  Gilliland, Frank ^a   Avol, Ed ^a   Kinney, Patrick ^b   Jerrett, Michael ^a   Dvonch, Timothy ^c   Lurmann, Frederick ^d   Buckley, Timothy ^e   Breysse, Patrick ^e   Keeler, Gerald ^c   de Villiers, Tracy ^a   McConnell, Rob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Mailman School of Public Health   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d SONOMA TECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Airborne; Ambient; Centers for Children's Environmental Health and Disease Prevention Research; Children's Centers; Cohort study; Direct measurement; Exposure assessment; Modeling; National Children's Study; Personal measurement

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICROENVIRONMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLE SIZE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 27244446264     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.7673     Document Type: Article

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