ArticleJournal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology
Proximity to roadways and pregnancy outcomes.
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Air Pollution and Racial Disparities in Pregnancy Outcomes in the United States: A Systematic Review.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2024Pooled it
- Residential traffic exposure and childhood leukemia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.American journal of preventive medicine · 2014Pooled it
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- Disparities in joint exposure to environmental and social stressors in urban households in Greater Boston.Environmental research · 2023Article
- Cohort profile: Center for Research on Early Childhood Exposure and Development in Puerto Rico.BMJ open · 2020Article
- Maternal Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution and Pregnancy Complications in Victoria, Australia.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Prenatal and early life exposures to ambient air pollution and development.Environmental research · 2019Article
- Using a Clustering Approach to Investigate Socio-Environmental Inequality in Preterm Birth-A Study Conducted at Fine Spatial Scale in Paris (France).International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
- Toll-like Receptor 4 Pathway Polymorphisms Interact with Pollution to Influence Asthma Diagnosis and Severity.Scientific reports · 2018Article
- Examining Joint Effects of Air Pollution Exposure and Social Determinants of Health in Defining "At-Risk" Populations Under the Clean Air Act: Susceptibility of Pregnant Women to Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy.World medical & health policy · 2018Article
- Mapping outdoor habitat and abnormally small newborns to develop an ambient health hazard index.International journal of health geographics · 2017Article
- Residential Proximity to Roadways and Ischemic Placental Disease in a Cape Cod Family Health Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2017Article
- The role of oxidative stress, inflammation and acetaminophen exposure from birth to early childhood in the induction of autism.The Journal of international medical research · 2017Review
- Ambient Air Pollution and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes in Wuhan, China.Research report (Health Effects Institute) · 2016Article
- A Statewide Nested Case-Control Study of Preterm Birth and Air Pollution by Source and Composition: California, 2001-2008.Environmental health perspectives · 2016Article
- Adverse Reproductive Health Outcomes and Exposure to Gaseous and Particulate-Matter Air Pollution in Pregnant Women.Research report (Health Effects Institute) · 2016Article
- Methods and initial findings from the Durham Diabetes Coalition: Integrating geospatial health technology and community interventions to reduce death and disability.Journal of clinical & translational endocrinology · 2015Article
- Using Geographic Information Science to Explore Associations between Air Pollution, Environmental Amenities, and Preterm Births.AIMS public health · 2015Article
- Traffic-related air pollution and risk of preterm birth in the San Joaquin Valley of California.Annals of epidemiology · 2014Article
- Air quality modeling in support of the Near-Road Exposures and Effects of Urban Air Pollutants Study (NEXUS).International journal of environmental research and public health · 2014Article
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Abstract
Adverse birth outcomes are associated with exposure to air pollution during pregnancy. Road proximity is a simple, widely available metric for capturing local variation in exposure to traffic-related air pollution. We characterized maternal exposure to traffic-related air pollution during pregnancy using residential proximity to major roadways among 2004-2008 singleton births in NC. Controlling for maternal race, age, education, nativity, marital status, and tobacco use, and season of birth, parity, infant sex, and Census tract-level urbanization and income, we evaluated the association between road proximity and pregnancy outcomes using generalized linear mixed models with a random intercept for each Census tract. Birth weight, birth weight percentile for gestational age, gestational hypertension, and small-for-gestational age were not associated with road proximity; however, women residing within 250 m of a major roadway were at 3-5% increased odds of low birth weight, preterm birth, and late preterm birth compared with women residing beyond 250 m (P<0.05). Our analyses demonstrate an association between proximity to major roadways and pregnancy outcomes using a large sample. Road proximity may represent a relatively straightforward method for assessing maternal risk from exposure to traffic-related air pollution, with results offering guidance for studies that can more accurately characterize air pollution exposures.
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