Identifying periods of increased vulnerability to air pollution during pregnancy with respect to
the development of adverse birth outcomes can improve understanding of possible …

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 …

Background It remains unclear as to whether neglecting residential mobility during
pregnancy introduces bias in studies investigating air pollution and adverse perinatal …

Background: Maternal prenatal exposure to air pollution has been associated with adverse
birth outcomes. However, previous studies focused on a priori time intervals such as …

Background: Previous studies of air pollution and birth outcomes have not evaluated
whether complicated pregnancies might be susceptible to the adverse effects of air pollution …

Although studies suggest that air pollution is linked to perinatal outcomes, the geographic
characterization of exposure to pollution differs between the studies. We compared …

The authors conducted a case-control survey nested within a birth cohort and collected
detailed risk factor information to assess the extent to which residual confounding and …

Background Studies have identified relationships between air pollution and birth weight, but
have been inconsistent in identifying individual pollutants inversely associated with birth …

Prenatal air pollution exposure is frequently estimated using maternal residential location at
the time of delivery as a proxy for residence during pregnancy. We describe residential …

Using the data on all live births (∼ 400,000) and criteria pollutants from the Chicago
Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) between 2000 and 2004, this paper empirically …