Air pollution during pregnancy and neonatal outcome: A review

Journal of Aerosol Medicine and Pulmonary Drug Delivery

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 9-23

  Proietti, Elena ^a,b   Röösli, Martin ^c,d   Frey, Urs ^b   Latzin, Philipp ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

air pollution; birth weight; development; infant mortality; lung function; neonatal outcome; placental barrier; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; CD19 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; OZONE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; AORTA COARCTATION; BLOOD PLACENTA BARRIER; BODY GROWTH; CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EPIGENETICS; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; INFANT MORTALITY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; LUNG FUNCTION; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORBIDITY; NATURAL KILLER CELL; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMOKE; TOXICOKINETICS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84873387483     PISSN: 19412711     EISSN: 19412703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jamp.2011.0932     Document Type: Review

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