A statewide nested case–Control study of preterm birth and air pollution by source and composition: California, 2001–2008

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 124, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1479-1486

  Laurent, Olivier ^a   Hu, Jianlin ^b,c   Li, Lianfa ^a   Kleeman, Michael J ^b   Bartell, Scott M ^a,d   Cockburn, Myles ^e   Escobedo, Loraine ^e   Wu, Jun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California Davis   (United States)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d 5226 Donald Bren Hall   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DIESEL FUEL; GASOLINE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; TRACE METAL; AIR POLLUTANT; GAS; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COOKING; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; KRIGING; NEWBORN; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTANT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY ORGANIC AEROSOL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CALIFORNIA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICLE SIZE; PREMATURE BIRTH; THEORETICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CALIFORNIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GASES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84985018940     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1510133     Document Type: Article

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