Low levels of ambient air pollution during pregnancy and fetal growth among term neonates in Brisbane, Australia

Environmental Research

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 383-389

  Hansen, Craig ^a,b   Neller, Anne ^a   Williams, Gail ^b   Simpson, Rod ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Birth weight; Crown heel length; Head circumference; Pregnancy; Small for gestational age

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BODY MASS; BODY SHAPE; NEONATE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY;

AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERM BIRTH;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NITRIC OXIDE; OZONE; PREGNANCY; QUEENSLAND; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BRISBANE; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 33846870601     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2006.06.010     Document Type: Article

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