Uncertainty in the relationship between criteria pollutants and low birth weight in Chicago

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 49, Issue , 2012, Pages 171-179

  Kumar, Naresh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Exposure uncertainty; Health risks; Spatiotemporal misalignment

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION EXPOSURES; AIR-POLLUTION MONITORING STATIONS; CHICAGO; COARSE PARTICLES; COUNTY LEVEL; DISTANCE INTERVALS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; EXPOSURE ESTIMATION; EXPOSURE UNCERTAINTY; HEALTH DATA; LOW BIRTH WEIGHTS; MONITORING STATIONS; RESEARCH DESIGNS; SHORT DISTANCES; SPATIO-TEMPORAL SCALE; SPATIOTEMPORAL MISALIGNMENT; TIME INTERVAL; TIME-SPACE;

AIR POLLUTION; ESTIMATION; HEALTH; RISK PERCEPTION; SCALES (WEIGHING INSTRUMENTS); UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

HEALTH RISKS;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; METROPOLITAN AREA; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIR POLLUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GRAVITY; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES;

CHICAGO; ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856546749     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.12.001     Document Type: Article

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