Socioeconomic status and exposure to outdoor NO2 and benzene in the Asturias INMA birth cohort, Spain

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 29-36

  Fernández Somoano, Ana ^a,b   Tardon, Adonina ^a,b  

^a CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; COHORT ANALYSIS; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WOMENS HEALTH;

ASTURIAS; SPAIN;

BENZENE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL CLASS; SPAIN; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; BENZENE; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MULTICENTER STUDIES AS TOPIC; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL CLASS; SPAIN; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890313875     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2013-202722     Document Type: Article

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