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Title: The associations between environmental quality and preterm birth in the United States, 2000–2005: a cross-sectional analysis

Abstract

Many environmental factors have been independently associated with preterm birth (PTB). However, exposure is not isolated to a single environmental factor, but rather to many positive and negative factors that co-occur. Furthermore, the environmental quality index (EQI), a measure of cumulative environmental exposure across all US counties from 2000—2005, was used to investigate associations between ambient environment and PTB.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [4];  [5]
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  1. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC (United States)
  2. Portland State Univ., Portland, OR (United States)
  3. Univ. of Illinois, Chicago, Chicago, IL (United States)
  4. Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC (United States); U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Chapel Hill, NC (United States)
  5. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Chapel Hill, NC (United States)
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Research Org.:
Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1494696
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Environmental Health
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 14; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 1476-069X
Publisher:
BioMed Central
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; Environmental quality; Air quality; Water quality; Land quality; Built environment; Sociodemographic; preterm birth

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Rappazzo, Kristen M., Messer, Lynne C., Jagai, Jyotsna S., Gray, Christine L., Grabich, Shannon C., and Lobdell, Danelle T. The associations between environmental quality and preterm birth in the United States, 2000–2005: a cross-sectional analysis. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1186/s12940-015-0038-3.
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Rappazzo, Kristen M., Messer, Lynne C., Jagai, Jyotsna S., Gray, Christine L., Grabich, Shannon C., & Lobdell, Danelle T. The associations between environmental quality and preterm birth in the United States, 2000–2005: a cross-sectional analysis. United States. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12940-015-0038-3
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Rappazzo, Kristen M., Messer, Lynne C., Jagai, Jyotsna S., Gray, Christine L., Grabich, Shannon C., and Lobdell, Danelle T. Tue . "The associations between environmental quality and preterm birth in the United States, 2000–2005: a cross-sectional analysis". United States. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12940-015-0038-3. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1494696.
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@article{osti_1494696,
title = {The associations between environmental quality and preterm birth in the United States, 2000–2005: a cross-sectional analysis},
author = {Rappazzo, Kristen M. and Messer, Lynne C. and Jagai, Jyotsna S. and Gray, Christine L. and Grabich, Shannon C. and Lobdell, Danelle T.},
abstractNote = {Many environmental factors have been independently associated with preterm birth (PTB). However, exposure is not isolated to a single environmental factor, but rather to many positive and negative factors that co-occur. Furthermore, the environmental quality index (EQI), a measure of cumulative environmental exposure across all US counties from 2000—2005, was used to investigate associations between ambient environment and PTB.},
doi = {10.1186/s12940-015-0038-3},
journal = {Environmental Health},
number = 1,
volume = 14,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jun 09 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Tue Jun 09 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}
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Fig. 1 Fig. 1: Principal components analysis concept for Environmental Quality Index (EQI). Performed for all counties and each of the four strata of the rural–urban continuum (RUCC) codes
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