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Maternal Exposure to Particulate Air Pollution and Term Birth Weight: A Multi-Country Evaluation of Effect and Heterogeneity by Payam Dadvand; Jennifer Parker; Michelle L. Bell; Matteo Bonzini; Michael Brauer; Lyndsey A. Darrow; Ulrike Gehring; Svetlana V. Glinianaia; Nelson Gouveia; Eun-hee Ha; Jong Han Leem; Edith H. van den Hooven; Bin Jalaludin; Bill M. Jesdale; Johanna Lepeule; Rachel Morello-Frosch; Geoffrey G. Morgan; Angela Cecilia Pesatori; Frank H. Pierik; Tanja Pless-Mulloli; David Q. Rich; Sheela Sathyanarayana; Juhee Seo; Rémy Slama; Matthew Strickland; Lillian Tamburic; Daniel Wartenberg; Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen; Tracey J. Woodruff is a Environmental Science article available to read on EtoBox.
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## 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. ## Objectives: We aimed to quantify the association between maternal exposure to particulate air pollution and term birth weight and low birth weight (lbw) across 14 centers from 9 countries, and to explore the influence of site characteristics and exposure assessment methods on between-center heterogeneity in this association. ## Methods: Using a common analytical protocol, international collaboration on air pollution and pregnancy outcomes (icappo) centers generated effect estimates for term lbw and continuous birth weight associated with pm(10) and pm(2.5) (particulate matter ≤ 10 and 2.5 μm). we used meta-analysis to combine the estimates of effect across centers (~ 3 million births) and used meta-regression to evaluate the influence of center characteristics and exposure assessment methods on between-center heterogeneity in reported effect estimates. ## Results: In random-effects meta-analyses, term lbw was positively associated with a 10-μg/m3 increase in pm10 [odds ratio (or) = 1.03; 95% ci: 1.01,
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- Author
- Payam Dadvand; Jennifer Parker; Michelle L. Bell; Matteo Bonzini; Michael Brauer; Lyndsey A. Darrow; Ulrike Gehring; Svetlana V. Glinianaia; Nelson Gouveia; Eun-hee Ha; Jong Han Leem; Edith H. van den Hooven; Bin Jalaludin; Bill M. Jesdale; Johanna Lepeule; Rachel Morello-Frosch; Geoffrey G. Morgan; Angela Cecilia Pesatori; Frank H. Pierik; Tanja Pless-Mulloli; David Q. Rich; Sheela Sathyanarayana; Juhee Seo; Rémy Slama; Matthew Strickland; Lillian Tamburic; Daniel Wartenberg; Mark J. Nieuwenhuijsen; Tracey J. Woodruff
- Publisher
- Environmental Health Perspectives
- Published
- 2013
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Environmental Science (Physical Sciences)