Ambient air pollution and term birth weight in Texas from 1998 to 2004

Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1285-1295

  Geer, Laura A ^a   Weedon, Jeremy ^a   Bell, Michelle L ^b  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDES; SULFUR DIOXIDE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AERODYNAMIC DIAMETERS; AMBIENT AIR POLLUTION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRITERIA AIR POLLUTANTS; POLLUTANT CONCENTRATION; REGULATORY STANDARDS; SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION;

AIR QUALITY;

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC OR RACIAL ASPECTS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; NEWBORN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TERM BIRTH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84868281683     PISSN: 10473289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10962247.2012.707632     Document Type: Article

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