Gender differences in fetal growth of newborns exposed prenatally to airborne fine particulate matter

Environmental Research

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 447-456

  Jedrychowski, Wieslaw ^a   Perera, Frederica ^b   Mrozek Budzyn, Dorota ^a   Mroz, Elzbieta ^a   Flak, Elzbieta ^a   Spengler, Jack D ^c   Edwards, Susan ^b   Jacek, Ryszard ^a   Kaim, Irena ^a   Skolicki, Zbigniew ^d  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b Mailman School Public Health ^*  (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Municipal Hospital in Krakow   (Poland)

Author keywords

Air pollutants; Cohort study; Fetal growth deficits; Fine particles; Gender; Prenatal exposure

Indexed keywords

TOBACCO SMOKE;

GENDER; GENETIC VARIATION; GROWTH REGULATOR; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AIR MONITORING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS OUTCOME; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL SMOKING; NEWBORN; PARITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PASSIVE SMOKING; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; BIRTH WEIGHT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PARITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 64749087894     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2009.01.009     Document Type: Article

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