Exposure to airborne particulate matter during pregnancy is associated with preterm birth: A population-based cohort study

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  DeFranco, Emily ^a,b   Moravec, William ^b   Xu, Fan ^b   Hall, Eric ^a   Hossain, Monir ^a   Haynes, Erin N ^b   Muglia, Louis ^a,b   Chen, Aimin ^b  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Particulate matter; Prematurity; Preterm birth; PTB

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIRTH RATE; CHROMOSOME; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION; GIS; HEALTH RISK; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; URBAN AREA; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AGE; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENDER; HEALTH INSURANCE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RISK FACTOR; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TOBACCO USE; UNITED STATES; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; OHIO; PREMATURE BIRTH; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

OHIO; UNITED STATES;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; OHIO; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84954125528     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12940-016-0094-3     Document Type: Article

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