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ArticleEnvironmental research2019

Prenatal and early life exposures to ambient air pollution and development.

Sandie Ha, Edwina Yeung, Erin Bell, Tabassum Insaf, Akhgar Ghassabian, Griffith Bell, Neil Muscatiello, Pauline Mendola

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Article in Environmental research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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36 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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8 authors.

Sandie HaDepartment of Public Health, School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts, Health Sciences Research Institute, University of California, Merced, CA, USA. Electronic address: sha55@ucmerced.edu.
Edwina YeungEpidemiology Branch, Division of Intramural Population Health Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Erin BellDepartment of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University at Albany, NY, USA; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University at Albany, NY, USA.
Tabassum InsafDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University at Albany, NY, USA; Center for Environmental Health, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY, USA.
Akhgar GhassabianDepartments of Pediatrics, Population Health, and Environmental Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, USA.
Griffith BellEpidemiology Branch, Division of Intramural Population Health Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD, USA; Ariadne Labs, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
Neil MuscatielloCenter for Environmental Health, New York State Department of Health, Albany, NY, USA.
Pauline MendolaEpidemiology Branch, Division of Intramural Population Health Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD, USA.

Funding

PPHF-13- NYS NATL ENVIRONMENTAL PUB HLTH TRACKING PROGRAM-NETWORK IMPLEMENTATIONU38EH000942 · EH · HEALTH RESEARCH INC, NEW YORK STATE DOH · PI HWANG, SYNI-AN · 2011 to 2015
$4.8M
NCEH CDC HHS U38 EH000942NICHD NIH HHS HHSN267200700019CNICHD NIH HHS HHSN275201200005C
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundResidential proximity to major roadways, and prenatal exposures to particulate matter <2.5 μm (PM

objectivesWe investigated whether proximity to major roadways, or prenatal and early-life exposures to PM STUDY

designProspective cohort. SETTINGS: New York State excluding New York City.

participants4089 singletons and 1016 twins born between 2008 and 2010. EXPOSURES: Proximity to major roadway was calculated using road network data from the NY Department of Transportation. Concentrations of PM OUTCOMES: Parents reported their children's development at ages 8, 12, 18, 24, 30 and 36 months in five domains using the Ages and Stages Questionnaire. Generalized mixed models estimated the relative risk (RR) and 95% CI for failing any developmental domain per 10 units increase in PM

resultsCompared to those >1000 m away from a major roadway, those resided 50-100 m [RR: 2.12 (1.00-4.52)] and 100-500 m [RR: 2.07 (1.02-4.22)] away had twice the risk of failing the communication domain. Prenatal exposures to both PM

conclusionsIn this prospective cohort study, proximity to major roadway and prenatal/early-life exposures to PM

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Child DevelopmentAir PollutantsAir PollutionChildEnvironmental ExposureFemaleHumansInfantNew York CityOzoneParticulate MatterPregnancyProspective StudiesAir PollutantsOzoneParticulate MatterAir pollutionChild developmentMajor roadwayNeurodevelopmentTraffic

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PMID30979514
PMCPMC6541527

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