Association of stillbirth with ambient air pollution in a california cohort study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 181, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 874-882

  Green, Rochelle ^a   Sarovar, Varada ^b   Malig, Brian ^a   Basu, Rupa ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

air pollutants; California; fetal death; nitrogen dioxide; ozone; particulate matter; stillbirth

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH RISK; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; SULFUR DIOXIDE; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; STILLBIRTH; TEMPERATURE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GESTATIONAL AGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CALIFORNIA; CARBON MONOXIDE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STILLBIRTH; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84930394627     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwu460     Document Type: Article

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