Exposure to airborne polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons during pregnancy and risk of preterm birth

Environmental Research

Volumn 135, Issue , 2014, Pages 221-226

  Padula, Amy M ^a   Noth, Elizabeth M ^b   Hammond, S Katharine ^b   Lurmann, Fred W ^c   Yang, Wei ^a   Tager, Ira B ^b   Shaw, Gary M ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SONOMA TECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Outdoor air pollution; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Pregnancy; Prematurity

Indexed keywords

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; AIR POLLUTANT;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PAH; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AIR MONITORING; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AIR POLLUTANT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PREVALENCE; SEASON; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; FRESNO [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ODDS RATIO; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PREVALENCE; SEASONS;

EID: 84908554073     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2014.09.014     Document Type: Article

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