Does ambient air pollution trigger stillbirth?

Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 538-544

  Faiz, Ambarina S ^a   Rhoads, George G ^b   Demissie, Kitaw ^b   Lin, Yong ^b   Kruse, Lakota ^c   Rich, David Q ^d  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b University of Medicine and Dentistry   (United States)

^c NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FETUS DEATH; GEOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STILLBIRTH;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEW JERSEY; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STILLBIRTH; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84879879356     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e3182949ce5     Document Type: Article

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