Ambient air pollution and adverse birth outcomes: A natural experiment study

Population Health Metrics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Huang, Cheng ^a   Nichols, Catherine ^a   Liu, Yang ^b   Zhang, Yunping ^c   Liu, Xiaohong ^c   Gao, Suhong ^c   Li, Zhiwen ^d   Ren, Aiguo ^d  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Beijing Haidian Maternal and Child Health Hospital   (China)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN OXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIRTH RATE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHILD HEALTH; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OLYMPIC GAMES; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT; WEIGHT;

ADULT; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; NEWBORN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84937559083     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14787954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12963-015-0050-4     Document Type: Article

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