Ambient air pollution exposure, residential mobility and term birth weight in Oslo, Norway

Environmental Research

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 363-371

  Madsen, Christian ^a   Gehring, Ulrike ^b   Erik Walker, Sam ^c   Brunekreef, Bert ^b,d   Stigum, Hein ^a   Næss, Øyvind ^a,e   Nafstad, Per ^a,e  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ambient environmental exposure; Nitrogen dioxide; Particulate matter; Residential mobility; Term birth weight

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHILDBEARING; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPERSION; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MIGRATION; NORWAY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RESIDENTIAL AREA; TEMPERATURE;

ADULT; AIR MOVEMENTS; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BIRTH WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; KINETICS; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREGNANCY; TERM BIRTH; YOUNG ADULT;

NORWAY; OSLO [NORWAY];

EID: 77950930244     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2010.02.005     Document Type: Article

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