Fine particulate matter and risk of preterm birth in Connecticut in 2000-2006: A longitudinal study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 67-74

  Pereira, Gavin ^a   Belanger, Kathleen ^a   Ebisu, Keita ^b   Bell, Michelle L ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

air pollution; environmental pollution; longitudinal studies; particulate matter; pregnancy; pregnancy outcomes; preterm birth

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIRTH RATE; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEREDITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SOCIAL ASPECT; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOMES; PRETERM BIRTH;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AIR POLLUTION; CONNECTICUT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PARITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTERS; PREMATURE BIRTH; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84891360482     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwt216     Document Type: Article

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