Maternal exposure to low-level air pollution and pregnancy outcomes: a population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Recent reports have shown that air pollution may increase the risk of adverse birth outcomes. We have evaluated the relationship between ambient air pollution and the occurrence of low birth weight and preterm delivery using routinely collected data in Lithuania.

Methods

This epidemiological study comprised all singleton newborns (N = 3,988), born to women in 1998, who resided in the City of Kaunas. Birth data and information on maternal characteristics were obtained from the Lithuanian National Birth Register. To estimate residential exposure levels, we used measurements of ambient nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and formaldehyde, which were collected at 12 monitoring posts. Multivariate logistic regression was used to estimate the effect that each pollutant would have on

SUBMITTER: Maroziene L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC149395 | biostudies-literature | 2002 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature