Personal, indoor and outdoor air pollution levels among pregnant women

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 64, Issue , 2013, Pages 287-295

  Schembari, Anna ^a,b,c,d   Triguero Mas, Margarita ^a,b,c,d   de Nazelle, Audrey ^a,b,c   Dadvand, Payam ^a,b,c   Vrijheid, Martine ^a,b,c   Cirach, Marta ^a,b,c   Martinez, David ^a,b,c   Figueras, Francesc ^e   Querol, Xavier ^f   Basagaña, Xavier ^a,b,c   Eeftens, Marloes ^g   Meliefste, Kees ^g   Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J ^a,b,c  

^a CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^f INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^g UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Indoor; Outdoor; Personal; Pregnancy; Traffic

Indexed keywords

ABSORBANCE MEASUREMENTS; ABSORBANCES; BARCELONA; BLACK CARBON; FILTER SAMPLE; GEOMETRIC MEAN; INDOOR; INDOOR POLLUTANTS; OUTDOOR; OUTDOOR AIR POLLUTION; OUTDOOR CONCENTRATIONS; PERSONAL; PERSONAL EXPOSURES; POLLUTION LEVEL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; TIME SPENT; TRAFFIC INTENSITY;

AIR POLLUTION; EXPOSURE CONTROLS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

NITROGEN OXIDES;

NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BLACK CARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INDOOR AIR; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; VENTILATION;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONITOR; MOTOR VEHICLE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME; TRAFFIC;

BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; SPAIN;

EID: 84868249388     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2012.09.053     Document Type: Article

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