Place of work and residential exposure to ambient air pollution and birth outcomes in Scotland, using geographically fine pollution climate mapping estimates

Environmental Research

Volumn 140, Issue , 2015, Pages 535-541

  Dibben, Chris ^a   Clemens, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Birth outcomes; Measurement error; Pollution climate mapping

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BODY MASS; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ERROR ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; MAPPING METHOD; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; WORKPLACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HOME; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVE BIRTH; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; CLIMATE; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SCOTLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930678000     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2015.05.010     Document Type: Article

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