Associations of Polycyclic Aromatic Organic Matter in Outdoor Air with Decreased Birth Weight: A Pilot Cross-Sectional Analysis

Data from EPA's Cumulative Exposure Project and birth records from New Jersey were used to examine whether a mother's residence at birth in census tracts with higher modeled hazardous air pollutants concentrations was associated with higher risk of delivering a low-birth-weight infant. Pol...

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Published in:Journal of toxicology and environmental health. Part A 2001-12, Vol.64 (8), p.595-595
Main Authors: Vassilev, Zdravko P, Robson, Mark G, Klotz, Judith B
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Language:English
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Summary:Data from EPA's Cumulative Exposure Project and birth records from New Jersey were used to examine whether a mother's residence at birth in census tracts with higher modeled hazardous air pollutants concentrations was associated with higher risk of delivering a low-birth-weight infant. Polycyclic organic matter was selected as the model pollutant, and maternal and socioeconomic risk factors were controlled. For each outcome, particularly for the preterm small-for-gestational-age category, the highest polycyclic organic matter exposure categories had elevated odds ratios. After adjustment by both individual and tract-level variables, high polycyclic organic matter exposure remained associated with increased prevalence of small-for-gestational-age outcomes.
ISSN:1528-7394