Ambient fine particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide, and term birth weight in New York, New York.

ABSTRACT: Building on a unique exposure assessment project in New York, New York, we examined the relationship of particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter less than 2.5 μm and nitrogen dioxide with birth weight, restricting the population to term births to nonsmokers, along with other restrictions, to isolate the potential impact of air pollution on growth. We included 252,967 births in 2008-2010 identified in vital records, and we assigned exposure at the residential location by using validated models that accounted for spatial and temporal factors. Estimates of association were adjusted for individual and contextual sociodemographic characteristics and season, using linear mixed models to quantify the predicted change in birth weight in grams related to increasing pollution levels. Adjusted es

SUBMITTER: Savitz DA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3908629 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature