Heat and air pollution exposure as triggers of delivery: A survival analysis of population-based pregnancy cohorts in Rome and Barcelona

Environment International

Volumn 88, Issue , 2016, Pages 153-159

  Schifano, Patrizia ^a   Asta, Federica ^a   Dadvand, Payam ^b,c,d   Davoli, Marina ^a   Basagana, Xavier ^b,c,d   Michelozzi, Paola ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Italy)

^b CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^d CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

Author keywords

Air pollutants; Birth cohorts; Gestational length; High temperature; Preterm

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; HAZARDS; HEALTH RISKS; NITROGEN OXIDES; OBSTETRICS; PUBLIC RISKS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BIRTH COHORTS; GESTATIONAL LENGTH; HIGH TEMPERATURE; PRETERM;

RISK PERCEPTION;

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; AIR POLLUTANT;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH RISK; HIGH TEMPERATURE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH; THERMAL POLLUTION;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; ITALY; LABOR ONSET; MAXIMUM APPARENT TEMPERATURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SPAIN; SURVIVAL; THERMAL EXPOSURE; TREND STUDY; URBAN AREA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AIR POLLUTANT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; HEAT; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; YOUNG ADULT;

BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; ITALY; LAZIO; ROMA [LAZIO]; ROME; SPAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; RISK FACTORS; ROME; SEASONS; SPAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84952884161     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2015.12.013     Document Type: Article

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