Particulate matter exposure and preterm birth: Estimates of U.S. attributable burden and economic costs

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 124, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1913-1918

  Trasande, Leonardo ^a,b,c   Malecha, Patrick ^a   Attina, Teresa M ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; RISK; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85002584202     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1510810     Document Type: Article

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