Prenatal particulate air pollution and asthma onset in urban children: Identifying sensitive windows and sex differences

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 192, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1052-1059

  Hsu, Hsiao Hsien Leon ^a   Chiu, Yueh Hsiu Mathilda ^b   Coull, Brent A ^c   Kloog, Itai ^c,d   Schwartz, Joel ^c   Lee, Alison ^e   Wright, Robert O ^a,b   Wright, Rosalind J ^b  

^a Department of Preventive Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^e Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Asthma; Fine particulate matter; Prenatal exposure; Sensitive windows; Sex difference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MALE; ONSET AGE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN POPULATION; ANALYSIS; HEALTH; INFANT; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

PARTICULATE MATTER;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84946605698     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201504-0658OC     Document Type: Article

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