Area-level socioeconomic deprivation, nitrogen dioxide exposure, and term birth weight in New York City

Environmental Research

Volumn 142, Issue , 2015, Pages 624-632

  Shmool, Jessie L C ^a   Bobb, Jennifer F ^b   Ito, Kazuhiko ^c   Elston, Beth ^d   Savitz, David A ^d,e   Ross, Zev ^f   Matte, Thomas D ^c   Johnson, Sarah ^c   Dominici, Francesca ^b   Clougherty, Jane E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f ZEVROSS SPATIAL ANALYSIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Nitrogen dioxide; Socioeconomic deprivation; Term birth weight

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; AIR POLLUTANT;

AIR SAMPLING; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIRTH RATE; CHILD HEALTH; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; HOSPITAL SECTOR; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SPATIAL DATA; WEIGHT;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MEDICAID; NITROGEN DIOXIDE EXPOSURE; POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE; POVERTY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TERM BIRTH; UNITED STATES; AIR POLLUTANT; NEW YORK; NEWBORN; SOCIOECONOMICS; TOXICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEW YORK CITY; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84940062962     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2015.08.019     Document Type: Article

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