Air pollution, inflammation and preterm birth in Mexico City: Study design and methods

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 448, Issue , 2013, Pages 79-83

  OD́Neill, Marie S ^a   Osornio Vargas, Alvaro ^b   Buxton, Miatta A ^a   Sánchez, Brisa N ^a   Rojas Bracho, Leonora ^c   Castillo Castrejon, Marisol ^e   Mordhukovich, Irina B ^d   Brown, Daniel G ^f   Vadillo Ortega, Felipe ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CANCEROLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^c Instituto Nacional de Ecologia   (Mexico)

^d IL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Epidemiology; Inflammation; Mexico City; Preterm birth; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION EXPOSURES; BIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; INFLAMMATION; MEXICO CITY; PRETERM BIRTH; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TOXICOLOGY;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; OBSTETRICS;

PATHOLOGY;

INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHILDBEARING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; TOXICOLOGY;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CYTOKINE RELEASE; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MEXICO; MONOCYTE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STUDY DESIGN;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CYTOKINES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MEXICO; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

FEDERAL DISTRICT [MEXICO]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MEXICO CITY;

EID: 84875263447     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.10.079     Document Type: Article

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