Comparison between air pollution concentrations measured at the nearest monitoring station to the delivery hospital and those measured at stations nearest the residential postal code regions of pregnant women in Fukuoka

Comparison between air pollution concentrations measured at the nearest monitoring station to the delivery hospital and those measured at stations nearest the residential postal code regions of pregnant women in Fukuoka

Abstract Background Numerous earlier studies examining the association of air pollution with maternal and foetal health estimated maternal exposure to air pollutants based on the women’s residential addresses. However, residential addresses, which are personally identifiable information, are not alw...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Takehiro Michikawa, Seiichi Morokuma, Hiroshi Nitta, Kiyoko Kato, Shin Yamazaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-06-01
Series:Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine
Subjects:
Air pollution
Monitoring station
Pregnant woman
Validation
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12199-017-0663-2

Internet

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12199-017-0663-2

Similar Items