First Trimester Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution, Pregnancy Complications and Adverse Birth Outcomes in Allegheny County, PA

First Trimester Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution, Pregnancy Complications and Adverse Birth Outcomes in Allegheny County, PA

Despite numerous studies of air pollution and adverse birth outcomes, few studies have investigated preeclampsia and gestational hypertension, two pregnancy disorders with serious consequences for both mother and infant. Relying on hospital birth records, we conducted a cohort study identifying 34,7...

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Veröffentlicht in:Maternal and child health journal 2013-04, Vol.17 (3), p.545-555
Hauptverfasser: Lee, Pei-Chen, Roberts, James M., Catov, Janet M., Talbott, Evelyn O., Ritz, Beate
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adult
Air Pollutants - adverse effects
Air pollution
Air Pollution - adverse effects
Cohort Studies
Exposure
Female
Gynecology
Health aspects
Humans
Hypertension
Hypertension, Pregnancy-Induced - epidemiology
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Small for Gestational Age
Infants
Logistic Models
Maternal and Child Health
Maternal Exposure
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Odds Ratio
Outdoor air quality
Ozone
Particulate Matter - adverse effects
Pediatrics
Pennsylvania - epidemiology
Pollution studies
Population Economics
Population Surveillance
Preeclampsia
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications - epidemiology
Pregnancy Outcome
Pregnancy Trimester, First
Pregnancy, Complications of
Premature birth
Premature Birth - epidemiology
Public Health
Risk Assessment
Risk factors
Socioeconomic Factors
Sociology
Womens health
Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:Despite numerous studies of air pollution and adverse birth outcomes, few studies have investigated preeclampsia and gestational hypertension, two pregnancy disorders with serious consequences for both mother and infant. Relying on hospital birth records, we conducted a cohort study identifying 34,705 singleton births delivered at Magee-Women’s Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA between 1997 and 2002. Particle (
ISSN:1092-7875
1573-6628
DOI:10.1007/s10995-012-1028-5