Ambient air pollution and risk of congenital anomalies: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 598-606

  Vrijheid, Martine ^a,b,c   Martinez, David ^a,b,c   Manzanares, Sandra ^a,b,d   Dadvand, Payam ^a,b,c   Schembari, Anna ^a,b   Rankin, Judith ^e   Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark ^a,b,c  

^a CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^e NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Congenital abnormalities; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

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

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; AORTA COARCTATION; CLEFT FACE; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FALLOT TETRALOGY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART DISEASE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); OMPHALOCELE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STILLBIRTH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

EID: 79955793105     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1002946     Document Type: Review

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