Air Pollution Impact on Pregnancy Outcomes in Como, Italy

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 47-52

  Capobussi, Matteo ^a   Tettamanti, Roberto ^b   Marcolin, Luca ^b   Piovesan, Luca ^b   Bronzin, Silvia ^a   Gattoni, Maria Elena ^a   Polloni, Ilaria ^a   Sabatino, Giuliana ^b   Tersalvi, Carlo A ^c   Auxilia, Francesco ^d,e   Castaldi, Silvana ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento PAC S   (Italy)

^c Direzione Sanitaria   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^e FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air pollution; low birth weight; pregnancy; preterm birth; small for gestational age

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; ITALY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; URBANIZATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; TOXICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

AIR POLLUTANT; CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; ITALY; MALE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTERS; PREMATURE BIRTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SULFUR DIOXIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84958793833     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000630     Document Type: Article

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