Association between greenness, urbanicity, and birth weight

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 542, Issue , 2016, Pages 750-756

  Ebisu, Keita ^a   Holford, Theodore R ^a   Bell, Michelle L ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Built environment; Environmental epidemiology; Green space; Urbanicity

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; URBAN PLANNING;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BUILT ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY; GREEN SPACES; URBANICITY;

LAND USE;

CHILD HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GREENSPACE; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; PUBLIC HEALTH; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CITY PLANNING; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FEMALE; GREEN SPACE; HUMAN; LAND USE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK REDUCTION; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; TRAFFIC; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; URBAN OPEN SPACE; URBANIZATION; AIR POLLUTION; CONNECTICUT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

CONNECTICUT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONNECTICUT; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84946429586     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.10.111     Document Type: Article

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