Early prenatal exposure to air pollution and its associations with birth defects in a state-wide birth cohort from North Carolina

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 97, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 696-701

  Vinikoor Imler, Lisa C ^a   Davis, J Allen ^a   Meyer, Robert E ^b   Luben, Thomas J ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b State Center for Health Statistics   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Birth defects; Birth outcomes; Ozone; Particulate matter

Indexed keywords

OZONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR MONITOR; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LEG DISEASE; LOWER LIMB DEFICIENCY DEFECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROTIA; PARTICULATE MATTER; PATIENT MONITORING; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTION; BIRTH DEFECTS; BIRTH OUTCOMES; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; BAYES THEOREM; COHORT STUDIES; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; EAR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; LOWER EXTREMITY DEFORMITIES, CONGENITAL; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84885928121     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.23159     Document Type: Article

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