2017
Investigating the Impact of Maternal Residential Mobility on Identifying Critical Windows of Susceptibility to Ambient Air Pollution During Pregnancy
Warren JL, Son JY, Pereira G, Leaderer BP, Bell ML. Investigating the Impact of Maternal Residential Mobility on Identifying Critical Windows of Susceptibility to Ambient Air Pollution During Pregnancy. American Journal Of Epidemiology 2017, 187: 992-1000. PMID: 29053768, PMCID: PMC5928458, DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwx335.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLow birth weightTerm low birth weightMaternal residential mobilityBirth weightCritical windowBirth cohortWeekly exposurePregnancy week 16Adverse birth outcomesWindow of susceptibilityAmbient air pollutionPregnancy windowsBirth outcomesWeek 16Mother's residencePM10 exposurePregnancyResidential addressesExposure misclassificationDisease developmentCohortAir pollutionExposureAerodynamic diameterPossible mechanism
2015
Distributions of heavy metals in maternal and cord blood and the association with infant birth weight in China.
Hu X, Zheng T, Cheng Y, Holford T, Lin S, Leaderer B, Qiu J, Bassig BA, Shi K, Zhang Y, Niu J, Zhu Y, Li Y, Guo H, Chen Q, Zhang J, Xu S, Jin Y. Distributions of heavy metals in maternal and cord blood and the association with infant birth weight in China. The Journal Of Reproductive Medicine 2015, 60: 21-9. PMID: 25745747, PMCID: PMC4961246.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfant birth weightCord blood samplesBirth weightCord bloodBlood samplesChinese pregnant womenMother-infant pairsBirth outcomesSerum levelsPregnant womenPrenatal exposureSerum concentrationsChinese infantsMultiple linear regression analysisLarger sample sizeLinear regression analysisSignificant associationChinese womenPilot studyBloodRegression analysisNewbornsAssociationWomenHigh concentrations