Low birth weight at term and the presence of fine particulate matter and carbon monoxide in the Brazilian Amazon: A population-based retrospective cohort study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  da Silva, Ageo Mário Cândido ^a,b,c   Moi, Gisele Pedroso ^b   Mattos, Inês Echenique ^a   de Souza Hacon, Sandra ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b CENTRO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE VÁRZEA GRANDE   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Air pollutants; Brazilian Amazon; Case control; Low birth weight; Newborn; Population based

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; BRAZILIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRENATAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; BIOMASS; BRAZIL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FIRE; NEWBORN; PARTICLE SIZE; PREGNANCY; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TERM BIRTH; TOXICITY; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; BIOMASS; BRAZIL; CARBON MONOXIDE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FIRES; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTERS; PRENATAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERM BIRTH; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908464044     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-14-309     Document Type: Article

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