A cohort study of traffic-related air pollution impacts on birth outcomes

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 680-686

  Brauer, Michael ^a   Lencar, Cornel ^a   Tamburic, Lilian ^a   Koehoorn, Mieke ^a   Demers, Paul ^a   Karr, Catherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Birth weight; Carbon black; Carbon monoxide; Nitric oxide; Nitrogen dioxide; Particulate matter; Pregnancy; Pregnancy outcome; Preterm birth; Soot; Sulfur dioxide; Vehicle emissions

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR MONITORING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CANADA; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRITISH COLUMBIA; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK ASSESSMENT; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 45749117202     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.10952     Document Type: Article

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