Ambient air pollution, birth weight and preterm birth: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Environmental Research

Volumn 117, Issue , 2012, Pages 100-111

  Stieb, David M ^a,b   Chen, Li ^a   Eshoul, Maysoon ^b   Judek, Stan ^a  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Birth weight; Low birth weight; Meta analysis; Premature birth

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIRTH RATE; HETEROGENEITY; LITERATURE REVIEW; META-ANALYSIS; OXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH; WEIGHT;

AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; BIRTH WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BIRTH WEIGHT; CARBON MONOXIDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; ODDS RATIO; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84864942276     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2012.05.007     Document Type: Review

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