Traffic-related air toxics and preterm birth: A population-based case-control study in Los Angeles county, California

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Wilhelm, Michelle ^a   Ghosh, Jo Kay ^a   Su, Jason ^b   Cockburn, Myles ^c   Jerrett, Michael ^b   Ritz, Beate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; CARBON; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDE; ORGANIC CARBON; AMMONIUM NITRATE; NITRATE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BENZENE; BIOMASS BURNING; BIRTH DATE; CHEMICAL MASS BALANCE; DIAMETER; DIESEL; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; NITRATE; NITROGEN OXIDES; PAH; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TOXIC MATERIAL; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; DIESEL ENGINE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRAFFIC; UNITED STATES; BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; EXHAUST GAS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; BIRTH WEIGHT; CARBON; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRATES; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053534885     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-10-89     Document Type: Article

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