Preterm Birth among Infants Exposed to in Utero Ultrafine Particles from Aircraft Emissions.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Ambient air pollution is a known risk factor for adverse birth outcomes, but the role of ultrafine particles (UFPs) is not well understood. Aircraft-origin UFPs adversely affect air quality over large residential areas downwind of airports, but their reproductive health burden remains uninvestigated.

Objectives

This analysis evaluated whether UFPs from jet aircraft emissions are associated with increased rates of preterm birth (PTB) among pregnant mothers living downwind of Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).

Methods

This population-based study used birth records, provided by the California Department of Public Health, to ascertain birth outcomes and a novel, validated geospatial UFP dispersion model approach to estimate in utero exposures. Al

SUBMITTER: Wing SE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7228090 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature