The association between ambient air pollution and selected adverse pregnancy outcomes in China: A systematic review

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 579, Issue , 2017, Pages 1179-1192

  Jacobs, Milena ^a   Zhang, Guicheng ^a   Chen, Shu ^a   Mullins, Ben ^a   Bell, Michelle ^b   Jin, Lan ^b   Guo, Yuming ^c   Huxley, Rachel ^a   Pereira, Gavin ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Birth defects; Congenital anomaly; Low birth weight; Mortality; Pollution; Preterm birth

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; OBSTETRICS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SULFUR DIOXIDE;

BIRTH DEFECTS; CONGENITAL ANOMALY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHTS; MORTALITY; PRETERM BIRTH;

POLLUTION;

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MORTALITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; FEMALE; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHINA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH;

EID: 85007354823     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.11.100     Document Type: Article

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