Spatiotemporal association between birth outcomes and coke production and steel making facilities in Alabama, USA: A cross-sectional study

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Porter, Travis R ^a,c   Kent, Shia T ^a   Su, Wei ^b   Beck, Heidi M ^b   Gohlke, Julia M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Coke production; Fugitive emissions; Low birth weight; Metals; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Preterm birth; Steel making; Toxic release inventory; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIRTH RATE; CROSS SECTION; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; MATERNAL HEALTH; METAL; PAH; POLLUTION EFFECT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STEEL; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WEIGHT;

ALABAMA; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANT; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; COKE; METAL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; STEEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; TOXICITY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; ALABAMA; BENZENE DERIVATIVES; COKE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; METALS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; STEEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924243281     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-13-85     Document Type: Article

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