Effects of ambient air pollution on birth outcomes: An overview

Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1223-1245

  Polichetti, Giuliano ^a   Capone, Domenico ^a   Grigoropoulos, Konstantinos ^b   Tarantino, Giovanni ^a   Nunziata, Alfredo ^c   Gentile, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c NONE

Author keywords

ambient air pollution; birth defects; birth outcomes; intrauterine growth restriction; low birth weight; pregnancy women exposure; preterm birth delivery

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT AIR POLLUTION; BIRTH DEFECTS; BIRTH OUTCOMES; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RESTRICTION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHTS; PREGNANCY WOMEN EXPOSURE; PRETERM BIRTH;

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DEFECTS; RESEARCH;

AIR POLLUTION;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; METABOLISM; PARTICULATE MATTER; PATHOLOGY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; WOMENS HEALTH;

ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EUROPE;

EID: 84877994200     PISSN: 10643389     EISSN: 15476537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10643389.2011.644214     Document Type: Article

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