Ambient fine particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide, and preterm birth in New York City

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 124, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1283-1290

  Johnson, Sarah ^a   Bobb, Jennifer F ^b   Ito, Kazuhiko ^a   Savitz, David A ^c,d   Elston, Beth ^c,d   Shmool, Jessie L C ^e   Dominici, Francesca ^b   Ross, Zev ^f   Clougherty, Jane E ^e   Matte, Thomas ^a  

^a NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f ZEVROSS SPATIAL ANALYSIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE; AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ADULT; AGE; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MALE; NEWBORN; PARITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMICS; YOUNG ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; NEW YORK; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; BIRTH WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEW YORK CITY; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREMATURE BIRTH;

EID: 84980398190     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1510266     Document Type: Article

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