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A Spatially Varying Distributed Lag Model with Application to an Air Pollution and Term Low Birth Weight Study
Warren JL, Luben TJ, Chang HH. A Spatially Varying Distributed Lag Model with Application to an Air Pollution and Term Low Birth Weight Study. Journal Of The Royal Statistical Society Series C (Applied Statistics) 2020, 69: 681-696. PMID: 32595237, PMCID: PMC7319179, DOI: 10.1111/rssc.12407.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHealth effect parametersLow birth weight riskTerm low birth weightLow birth weightPregnancy outcomesWeight riskBirth weightResidual confoundingPregnancy periodNull associationBirth recordsAverage weekly concentrationsCritical windowDiminished abilityPregnancyExposure characteristicsRisk estimationAssociationExposureGeographic variability
2023
Associations between weekly gestational exposure of fine particulate matter, ozone, and nitrogen dioxide and preterm birth in a North Carolina Birth Cohort, 2003–2015
Krajewski A, Luben T, Warren J, Rappazzo K. Associations between weekly gestational exposure of fine particulate matter, ozone, and nitrogen dioxide and preterm birth in a North Carolina Birth Cohort, 2003–2015. Environmental Epidemiology 2023, 7: e278. PMID: 38912391, PMCID: PMC11189686, DOI: 10.1097/ee9.0000000000000278.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPreterm birthGestational exposureWeeks of pregnancyRisk of PTBInterquartile range increasePM 2.5 exposurePoisson regression modelsGestational weeksPotential confoundersFine particulate matterAssociation magnitudeRisk differenceNull associationBirth cohortExposure windowsResidential addressesMultipollutant modelsBirthWeeksPositive associationAssociationExposurePM 2.5Regression modelsCensus tracts