Association between ambient fine particulate matter and preterm birth or term low birth weight: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 227, Issue , 2017, Pages 596-605

  Li, Xiangyu ^a   Huang, Shuqiong ^b   Jiao, Anqi ^a   Yang, Xuhao ^a   Yun, Junfeng ^a   Wang, Yuxin ^a   Xue, Xiaowei ^a   Chu, Yuanyuan ^a   Liu, Feifei ^a   Liu, Yisi ^a   Ren, Meng ^a   Chen, Xi ^a   Li, Na ^a   Lu, Yuanan ^c   Mao, Zongfu ^a   Tian, Liqiao ^a   Xiang, Hao ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Fine particulate matter; Meta analysis; Preterm birth; Term low birth weight

Indexed keywords

OBSTETRICS;

CONDITIONAL INDEPENDENCES; FINE PARTICULATE MATTER; FINE PARTICULATES; INTER QUARTILE RANGES; META ANALYSIS; PERSONAL EXPOSURES; PRETERM BIRTH; TERM LOW BIRTH WEIGHTS;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

AIR EXPOSURE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH RISK; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREGNANCY; WEIGHT;

AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT FINE PARTICULATE MATTER; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; DATA EXTRACTION; DATA SYNTHESIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; EXPOSURE ESTIMATION MODEL; EXPOSURE TIME; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NEWCASTLE OTTAWA SCALE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREMATURE LABOR; PUBLISHING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TERM LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; BIRTH WEIGHT; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; META ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK;

EID: 85018348266     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.03.055     Document Type: Review

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