Surrounding greenness and exposure to air pollution during pregnancy: An analysis of personal monitoring data

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 120, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1286-1290

  Dadvand, Payam ^a,b,c   de Nazelle, Audrey ^a,b,c   Triguero Mas, Margarita ^a   Schembari, Anna ^a,b,c,d   Cirach, Marta ^a   Amoly, Elmira ^d   Figueras, Francesc ^e   Basagaña, Xavier ^a,b,c   Ostro, Bart ^a,f   Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark ^a,b,c  

^a CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^b INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^f CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Green space; Greenness; NDVI; Personal exposure; Personal monitoring; Pregnancy; Reproductive health; Sustainability; Urban green area

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; FUEL; NITRIC OXIDE;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MICROENVIRONMENT; PARTICULATE MATTER; PERSONAL MONITORING; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SMOKING; VEGETATION;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CITIES; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONS; SPAIN;

EID: 84930472620     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1104609     Document Type: Article

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