Ambient Air Pollution and Low Birth Weight in Connecticut and Massachusetts.(Children's Health) From: Environmental Health Perspectives | Date: July 1, 2007| Author: Bell, Michelle L.; Ebisu, Keita; Belanger, Kathleen | COPYRIGHT 2007 National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

BACKGROUND: Several studies have examined whether air pollution affects birth weight; however results vary and many studies were focused on Southern California or were conducted outside of the United States.

OBJECTIVES: We investigated maternal exposure to particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter<10,<2.5 [micro]m ([PM sub 10] [PM sub 2.5]), sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, and carbon monoxide and birth weight for 358,504 births in Massachusetts and Connecticut from 1...

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