Work as a street vendor, associated traffic-related air pollution exposures and risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes in Accra, Ghana

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 217, Issue 2-3, 2014, Pages 354-362

  Amegah, Adeladza Kofi ^a,b,c,d   Jaakkola, Jouni J K ^a,b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST   (Ghana)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^e OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Outdoor air pollution; Pregnancy outcomes; Preterm birth; Street vending; Traffic related exposures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OUTDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY OUTCOMES; PREMATURE LABOR; RISK FACTOR; STREET VENDING; TRAFFIC-RELATED EXPOSURES; YOUNG ADULT;

BIRTH WEIGHT; OUTDOOR AIR POLLUTION; PREGNANCY OUTCOMES; PRETERM BIRTH; STREET VENDING; TRAFFIC-RELATED EXPOSURES;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; BIRTH WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK FACTORS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892678933     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2013.07.010     Document Type: Article

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