Maternal exposure to air pollution and adverse birth outcomes in Halifax, Nova Scotia

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1291-1298

  Poirier, Abbey ^a   Dodds, Linda ^a   Dummer, Trevor ^b   Rainham, Daniel ^c   Maguire, Bryan ^c   Johnson, Markey ^d  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SULFUR DIOXIDE; TOLUENE; AIR POLLUTANT;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CANADA; CANADIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL SMOKING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NEWBORN; NOVA SCOTIA; PREMATURE BIRTH; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOXICITY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NOVA SCOTIA; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84983127753     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000604     Document Type: Article

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