The Association of Air Pollution with Pubertal Development: Evidence from Hong Kong's "children of 1997" Birth Cohort

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 185, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 914-923

  Huang, Jian V ^a   Leung, Gabriel M ^a   Schooling, C Mary ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

air pollution; child health; environmental health; pubertal development

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; AIR POLLUTANT; PARTICULATE MATTER;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; BIRTH RATE; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH IMPACT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL MATURITY;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH; CHINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARES REGRESSION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PUBERTY; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CHILD; CITY; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFANT; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEASON; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

ANIMALIA;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREGNANCY; PUBERTY; SEASONS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

EID: 85020383135     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kww200     Document Type: Article

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