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SUBMITTER: Ghosh JK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3372317 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ghosh Jo Kay C JK Wilhelm Michelle M Su Jason J Goldberg Daniel D Cockburn Myles M Jerrett Michael M Ritz Beate B
American journal of epidemiology 20120513 12
Few studies have examined associations of birth outcomes with toxic air pollutants (air toxics) in traffic exhaust. This study included 8,181 term low birth weight (LBW) children and 370,922 term normal-weight children born between January 1, 1995, and December 31, 2006, to women residing within 5 miles (8 km) of an air toxics monitoring station in Los Angeles County, California. Additionally, land-use-based regression (LUR)-modeled estimates of levels of nitric oxide, nitrogen dioxide, and nitr ...[more]