Associations between prenatal traffic-related air pollution exposure and birth weight: Modification by sex and maternal pre-pregnancy body mass index

Environmental Research

Volumn 137, Issue , 2015, Pages 268-277

  Lakshmanan, Ashwini ^a   Chiu, Yueh Hsiu Mathilda ^b   Coull, Brent A ^c   Just, Allan C ^c   Maxwell, Sarah L ^d   Schwartz, Joel ^c   Gryparis, Alexandros ^e   Kloog, Itai ^f   Wright, Rosalind J ^b   Wright, Robert O ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^f BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Body mass index; Prenatal exposure; Sex; Traffic related air pollution

Indexed keywords

BLACK CARBON; AIR POLLUTANT; EXHAUST GAS; PARTICULATE MATTER; SOOT;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BODY MASS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBESITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC EMISSION; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AEROSOL; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL OBESITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOOT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BOSTON; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOOT; VEHICLE EMISSIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922567685     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2014.10.035     Document Type: Article

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