Association between maternal exposure to elevated ambient sulfur dioxide during pregnancy and term low birth weight

Environmental Research

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-50

  Lin, Chih Ming ^a,b,d   Li, Chung Yi ^c   Yang, Guang Yang ^b   Mao, I Fang ^b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d MING CHUAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Air pollutants; Low birth weight; Sulfur dioxide; Trimester

Indexed keywords

SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR QUALITY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; SULFUR DIOXIDE; WEIGHT; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; AMBIENT AIR; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MEDICAL RECORDS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TAIWAN;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KAOHSIUNG; TAIWAN;

EID: 3142736525     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2004.03.005     Document Type: Article

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