The possible association between exposure to air pollution and the risk for congenital malformations

Environmental Research

Volumn 135, Issue , 2014, Pages 173-180

  Farhi, Adel ^a   Boyko, Valentina ^a   Almagor, Jonatan ^b   Benenson, Itzhak ^b   Segre, Enrico ^c   Rudich, Yinon ^c   Stern, Eli ^a   Lerner Geva, Liat ^a,b  

^a GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Assisted reproductive technology; Congenital malformations; Nitrogen oxides; Ozone; Particulate matter <10 m

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN OXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ABNORMALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; GIS; HEALTH RISK; NITROGEN OXIDES; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TEMPORAL PERIOD;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; REPRODUCTION; RISK; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; INFERTILITY THERAPY; ISRAEL;

AIR POLLUTION; COHORT STUDIES; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NITRIC OXIDE; ODDS RATIO; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

EID: 84907834068     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2014.08.024     Document Type: Article

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