Exploring prenatal outdoor air pollution, birth outcomes and neonatal health care utilization in a nationally representative sample

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 315-321

  Trasande, Leonardo ^a,b   Wong, Kendrew ^c   Roy, Angkana ^d   Savitz, David A ^e   Thurston, George ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

health care utilization; low birth weight; outdoor air pollution; preterm birth

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AIR POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 84876778058     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jes.2012.124     Document Type: Article

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