Associations between prenatal traffic-related air pollution exposure and birth weight: Modification by sex and maternal pre-pregnancy body mass index

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
6352645	Environmental Research	2015	10 Pages	PDF

Abstract

Associations of prenatal exposure to traffic-related air pollution and reduced birth weight were most evident in males born to obese mothers.

Keywords

PM10 Birth weight for gestational age PAH PM2.5 traffic-related air pollution SES Sex Access SO2 Sulfur dioxide body mass index BMI Prenatal exposure carbon monoxide Nitrogen dioxide NO2 Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon Birth weight socioeconomic status Black carbon

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Life Sciences Environmental Science Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

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Associations between prenatal traffic-related air pollution exposure and birth weight: Modification by sex and maternal pre-pregnancy body mass index

Authors

Ashwini Lakshmanan, Yueh-Hsiu Mathilda Chiu, Brent A. Coull, Allan C. Just, Sarah L. Maxwell, Joel Schwartz, Alexandros Gryparis, Itai Kloog, Rosalind J. Wright, Robert O. Wright,