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Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health
Published in: Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health 1/2016

01-02-2016 | Original Paper

Association Between Ambient Levels of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Small for Gestational Age Hispanic Infants Born Along the United States-Mexico Border

Authors: Coty M. Maypole-Keenan, Elaine Symanski, Thomas H. Stock, D. Kim Waller

Published in: Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health | Issue 1/2016

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Abstract

Few studies have examined associations between polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and birth outcomes, and no studies have been conducted in El Paso County Texas, along the United States-Mexico border. Infants born from 2005–2007 to Hispanic mothers with a birth weight less than the 10th percentile for gestational age and sex were classified as small for gestational age (SGA). PAH exposures were estimated for the entire period of gestation and for each trimester of pregnancy using ambient air monitoring data from 2004–2007. Logistic regression was used to estimate odds ratios for the association between PAH levels and SGA infants. There was marked seasonal variation in the carcinogenic PAHs. Established risk factors for SGA were observed to be associated with SGA births in this population. No associations were detected between PAH levels and SGA births. These findings provide no evidence of an association between PAHs and SGA infants.
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Metadata
Title
Association Between Ambient Levels of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Small for Gestational Age Hispanic Infants Born Along the United States-Mexico Border
Authors
Coty M. Maypole-Keenan
Elaine Symanski
Thomas H. Stock
D. Kim Waller
Publication date
01-02-2016
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health / Issue 1/2016
Print ISSN: 1557-1912
Electronic ISSN: 1557-1920
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-014-9994-x

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