Prenatal exposure to fine particles and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and birth outcomes: a two-pollutant approach.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Previous epidemiologic studies have considered the effects of individual air pollutants on birth outcomes, whereas a multiple-pollutant approach is more relevant to public health policy.

Objectives

The present study compared the observed effect sizes of prenatal fine particulate matter (PM_2.5) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) (a component of PM_2.5) exposures on birth outcome deficits, assessed by the single vs. two-pollutant approaches.

Methods

The study sample included 455 term infants born in Krakow to non-smoking mothers, among whom personal exposures to PM_2.5 and PAH were monitored in the second trimester of pregnancy. The exposure effect estimates (unstandardized and standardized regression coefficients) on bi

SUBMITTER: Jedrychowski WA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5360842 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature