Ambient air pollution and the risk of stillbirth

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 176, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 308-316

  Faiz, Ambarina S ^a   Rhoads, George G ^b   Demissie, Kitaw ^b   Kruse, Lakota ^b   Lin, Yong ^b   Rich, David Q ^b  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

air pollution; fetal death; pregnancy outcomes; stillbirth

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIRTH RATE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHILDBEARING; HEALTH IMPACT; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PREGNANCY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; POLLUTANT; RISK; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; STILLBIRTH; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEW JERSEY; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; ODDS RATIO; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTERS; RISK FACTORS; STILLBIRTH; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

NEW JERSEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864941031     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kws029     Document Type: Article

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