Effects of residential indoor air quality and household ventilation on preterm birth and term low birth weight in Los Angeles County, California

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 686-694

  Ghosh, Jo Kay C ^a,b   Wilhelm, Michelle ^a   Ritz, Beate ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; VENTILATION;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875155699     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.300987     Document Type: Article

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