Air Pollution Exposure and Abnormal Glucose Tolerance during Pregnancy: The Project Viva Cohort
Author(s) -
Abby F. Fleisch,
Diane R. Gold,
Sheryl L. RifasShiman,
Petros Koutrakis,
Joel Schwartz,
Itai Kloog,
Steven J. Melly,
Brent A. Coull,
Antonella Zanobetti,
Matthew W. Gillman,
Emily Oken
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.1307065
Subject(s) - medicine , quartile , pregnancy , gestational diabetes , impaired glucose tolerance , diabetes mellitus , odds ratio , environmental health , gestation , type 2 diabetes , endocrinology , confidence interval , biology , genetics
Exposure to fine particulate matter (PM with diameter ≤ 2.5 μm; PM2.5) has been linked to type 2 diabetes mellitus, but associations with hyperglycemia in pregnancy have not been well studied.
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