Exposure to ambient fine particulate air pollution in utero as a risk factor for child stunting in Bangladesh

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Goyal, Nihit ^a   Canning, David ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambient air pollution; Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (BDHS); Child anthropometric failure; Fine particulate matter (PM2.5); Geographic Information System (GIS); Small birth size; Stunting; Underweight; Wasting

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT AIR; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BODY MASS; CHILD HEALTH; GIS; HEALTH SURVEY; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; WEIGHT;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AMBIENT FINE PARTICULATE AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHILD HEALTH; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; STUNTING; UNDERWEIGHT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; GROWTH DISORDER; HEALTH SURVEY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NEWBORN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

BANGLADESH;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; BANGLADESH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; THINNESS;

EID: 85039067800     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph15010022     Document Type: Article

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