Association between prenatal exposure to traffic-related air pollution and preterm birth in the PELAGIE mother-child cohort, Brittany, France. Does the urban-rural context matter?

Environmental Research

Volumn 142, Issue , 2015, Pages 17-24

  Bertin, Mélanie ^a,b,c   Chevrier, Cécile ^a,b   Serrano, Tania ^a,b,c   Monfort, Christine ^a,b   Rouget, Florence ^a,b,d   Cordier, Sylvaine ^a,b   Viel, Jean François ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^c EHESP SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (France)

^d RENNES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Nitrogen dioxide; Preterm birth; Traffic related air pollution; Urban rural context

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; EXHAUST GAS;

AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN-RURAL MIGRATION;

ADULT; AIR MONITORING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; FETUS RISK; FRANCE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFANT; LAND USE; MALE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOXICITY; URBAN POPULATION;

BRETAGNE; FRANCE;

AIR POLLUTION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN POPULATION; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84931264945     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2015.06.005     Document Type: Article

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