Associations of Pregnancy Outcomes and PM2.5 in a National Canadian Study

DM Stieb, L Chen, BS Beckerman… - Environmental …, 2016 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background Numerous studies have examined associations between air pollution and
pregnancy outcomes, but most have been restricted to urban populations living near …

The association of PM2. 5 with full term low birth weight at different spatial scales

G Harris, WD Thompson, E Fitzgerald… - Environmental …, 2014 - Elsevier
There is interest in determining the relationship between fine particulate matter air pollution
and various health outcomes, including birth outcomes such as term low birth weight …

Exposure to fine particulate matter during pregnancy and risk of preterm birth among women in New Jersey, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, 2000–2005

KM Rappazzo, JL Daniels, LC Messer… - Environmental …, 2014 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Particulate matter≤ 2.5 μm in aerodynamic diameter (PM2. 5) has been
variably associated with preterm birth (PTB). Objective: We classified PTB into four …

[HTML][HTML] Exposure to airborne particulate matter during pregnancy is associated with preterm birth: a population-based cohort study

E DeFranco, W Moravec, F Xu, E Hall, M Hossain… - Environmental …, 2016 - Springer
Background Test the hypothesis that exposure to fine particulate matter in the air (PM 2.5) is
associated with increased risk of preterm birth (PTB). Methods Geo-spatial population-based …

Maternal exposure to particulate air pollution and term birth weight: a multi-country evaluation of effect and heterogeneity

P Dadvand, J Parker, ML Bell, M Bonzini… - Environmental …, 2013 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: A growing body of evidence has associated maternal exposure to air pollution
with adverse effects on fetal growth; however, the existing literature is inconsistent …

[HTML][HTML] Air pollution and stillbirth risk: exposure to airborne particulate matter during pregnancy is associated with fetal death

E DeFranco, E Hall, M Hossain, A Chen, EN Haynes… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Objective To test the hypothesis that exposure to fine particulate air pollution (PM2. 5) is
associated with stillbirth. Study Design Geo-spatial population-based cohort study using …

[HTML][HTML] Using new satellite based exposure methods to study the association between pregnancy pm2.5 exposure, premature birth and birth weight in …

I Kloog, SJ Melly, WL Ridgway, BA Coull… - Environmental Health, 2012 - Springer
Background Adverse birth outcomes such as low birth weight and premature birth have
been previously linked with exposure to ambient air pollution. Most studies relied on a …

Geographic Variation in the Association between Ambient Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5) and Term Low Birth Weight in the United States

Y Hao, H Strosnider, L Balluz… - Environmental health …, 2016 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background Studies on the association between prenatal exposure to fine particulate
matter≤ 2.5 μm in aerodynamic diameter (PM2. 5) and term low birth weight (LBW) have …

Particulate air pollution, fetal growth and gestational length: the influence of residential mobility in pregnancy

G Pereira, MB Bracken, ML Bell - Environmental research, 2016 - Elsevier
Background It remains unclear as to whether neglecting residential mobility during
pregnancy introduces bias in studies investigating air pollution and adverse perinatal …

Assessing exposure metrics for PM and birth weight models

SC Gray, SE Edwards, ML Miranda - Journal of exposure science & …, 2010 - nature.com
The link between air pollution exposure and adverse birth outcomes is of public health
concern due to the relationship between poor pregnancy outcomes and the onset of …