Preterm birth and air pollution: Critical windows of exposure for women with asthma

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 432-440.e5

  Mendola, Pauline ^a   Wallace, Maeve ^a   Hwang, Beom Seuk ^a   Liu, Danping ^a   Robledo, Candace ^b   Männistö, Tuija ^c,d,e   Sundaram, Rajeshwari ^a   Sherman, Seth ^f   Ying, Qi ^g   Grantz, Katherine L ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d Laboratory of Cancer Genetics and Tumor Biology   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^f EMMES CORPORATION   (United States)

^g TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

air pollution; Asthma; pregnancy; preterm birth

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AIR POLLUTION; COMPLICATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREMATURE BIRTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; TIME FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ASTHMA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84961223563     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: 10976825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2015.12.1309     Document Type: Article

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