Ambient air pollution and birth defects in Brisbane, Australia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Hansen, Craig A ^a   Barnett, Adrian G ^b   Jalaludin, Bin B ^c,d   Morgan, Geoffrey G ^e,f  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c Centre for Research Evidence Management and Surveillance   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f North Coast Area Health Service New South Wales Government Department of Health   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AIR MONITORING; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH DEFECT; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETOTOXICITY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PULMONARY VALVE DISEASE; PULMONARY VASCULAR DISEASE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RISK FACTOR; AIR POLLUTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONGENITAL DISORDER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; AUSTRALIA; CARBON MONOXIDE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65549163856     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005408     Document Type: Article

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