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Air pollution exposure during pregnancy and reduced birth size: a prospective birth cohort study in Valencia, Spain

Ferran Ballester1,2,3*, Marisa Estarlich1,2, Carmen Iñiguez1,2, Sabrina Llop1,2, Rosa Ramón2,4, Ana Esplugues1,2, Marina Lacasaña2,5 and Marisa Rebagliato2,6

Author Affiliations

1 Center for Public Health Research (CSISP), Conselleria de Sanitat, Avda Catalunya 21, 46020, Valencia, Spain

2 Spanish Consortium for Research on Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Doctor Aiguader 88, 08003, Barcelona, Spain

3 School of Nursing, Universitat de València, C Jaume Roig s/n 46010, Valencia, Spain

4 General Directorate of Public Health. Conselleria de Sanitat, Avda Catalunya 21, 46020, Valencia, Spain

5 Andalusian School of Public Health (EASP), Campus de la Cartuja s/n, Granada, Spain

6 Department of Public Health, Rey Juan Carlos University, 28922, Alcorcón, Madrid, Spain

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Environmental Health 2010, 9:6 doi:10.1186/1476-069X-9-6

Published: 29 January 2010

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Additional file 1:

Characteristics of pregnant women and their association with birth outcomes in the INMA-Valencia cohort, 2003-2006. Table with the distribution of the outcome variables among the categories of the covariates at study.

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Additional file 2:

Results from studies assessing NO2 effect on birth weight published between 2003-2008. Table summarizing the design and main results of studies published between 2003-2008 on air pollution exposure during pregnancy that included NO2 as air pollution indicator and birth weight.

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