Prenatal exposure to traffic-related air pollution and fetal growth in a cohort of pregnant women

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 736-744

  Inĩguez, Carmen ^a,b,c   Ballester, Ferran ^a,b,c   Estarlich, Marisa ^a,b   Esplugues, Ana ^a,b,c   Murcia, Mario ^a,b   Llop, Sabrina ^a   Plana, Alfredo ^d   Amorós, Rubén ^c   Rebagliato, Marisa ^a,b  

^a Center for Public Health Research CSISP   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL INFANTIL LA FE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

ABDOMEN; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIPARIETAL DISTANCE; BIRTH; BODY HEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXHAUST GAS; FEMUR; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS WEIGHT; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SEX; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY SIZE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINEAR MODELS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84866510265     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2011-100550     Document Type: Article

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