Effectiveness of a Federal Healthy Start program in reducing the impact of particulate air pollutants on feto-infant morbidity outcomes

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1602-1611

  Salihu, Hamisu M ^a   August, Euna M ^a   Mbah, Alfred K ^a   Alio, Amina P ^b   De Cuba II, Raymond ^a   Jaward, Foday M ^a   Berry, Estrellita Lo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c REACHUP Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Air particulate pollutants; Disparity; Healthy start; Low birth weight; Preterm birth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FETUS DISEASE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FLORIDA; GESTATIONAL AGE; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTHY PEOPLE PROGRAMS; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MORBIDITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84871797484     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-011-0854-1     Document Type: Article

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