Prenatal ambient air pollution exposure and the risk of stillbirth: Systematic review and meta-analysis of the empirical evidence

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 573-581

  Siddika, Nazeeba ^a   Balogun, Hamudat A ^a   Amegah, Adeladza K ^a,b   Jaakkola, Jouni J K ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; HUMAN; MEDLINE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK; SCOPUS; SELECTION BIAS; STILLBIRTH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WEB OF SCIENCE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AIR POLLUTANT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; META ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; RISK FACTORS; STILLBIRTH; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

EID: 84973316243     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2015-103086     Document Type: Review

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