Maternal exposure to low levels of ambient air pollution and preterm birth in Brisbane, Australia

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 935-941

  Hansen, C ^a,b   Neller, A ^a   Williams, G ^b   Simpson, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Pregnancy; Preterm birth

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; OZONE; PARTICLE SIZE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; QUEENSLAND; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33746131623     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2006.01010.x     Document Type: Article

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