Ambient air pollution exposure and full-term birth weight in California

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Morello Frosch, Rachel ^a,b   Jesdale, Bill M ^a   Sadd, James L ^c   Pastor, Manuel ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHILD HEALTH; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; AVERAGE; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFANCY; LIVE BIRTH; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MONITORING; MOTHER; PARTICULATE MATTER; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASON; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TERM BIRTH; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES; BIRTH WEIGHT; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK FACTOR;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; BIRTH WEIGHT; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955542265     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-9-44     Document Type: Article

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