Predicting personal exposure of pregnant women to traffic-related air pollutants (original) (raw)

2008, Science of The Total Environment

As epidemiological studies report associations between ambient air pollution and adverse birth outcomes, it is important to understand determinants of exposures among pregnant women. We measured (48-h, personal exposure) and modeled (using outdoor ambient monitors and a traffic-based land-use regression model) NO, NO 2 , fine particle mass and absorbance in 62 non-smoking pregnant women in Vancouver, Canada on 1-3 occasions during pregnancy (total N = 127). We developed predictive models for personal measurements using modeled ambient concentrations and individual determinants of exposure.

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