2018
Residential mobility of pregnant women and implications for assessment of spatially-varying environmental exposures
Bell ML, Banerjee G, Pereira G. Residential mobility of pregnant women and implications for assessment of spatially-varying environmental exposures. Journal Of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology 2018, 28: 470-480. PMID: 29511287, DOI: 10.1038/s41370-018-0026-0.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2016
Exposure to coarse particulate matter during gestation and birth weight in the U.S.
Ebisu K, Berman JD, Bell ML. Exposure to coarse particulate matter during gestation and birth weight in the U.S. Environment International 2016, 94: 519-524. PMID: 27324566, PMCID: PMC4980266, DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2016.06.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBirth weightResidential countyGestational exposureLow birth weightAdverse birth outcomesInterquartile range increaseImportant health effectsTrimester exposureBirth outcomesPotential confoundersU.S. birthsDifferent exposure methodsHealth effectsPM10-2.5Population-weighted centroidsLinear regression modelsExposureAssociationRegression modelsBirthRange increaseExposure methodTrimesterConfoundersGestationFine Particulates, Preterm Birth, and Membrane Rupture in Rochester, NY
Pereira G, Evans KA, Rich DQ, Bracken MB, Bell ML. Fine Particulates, Preterm Birth, and Membrane Rupture in Rochester, NY. Epidemiology 2016, 27: 66-73. PMID: 26247489, DOI: 10.1097/ede.0000000000000366.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPreterm birthPrelabor ruptureWhole pregnancyOdds ratioSame womenElevated PM2.5 exposureConditional logistic regressionFine particulate exposureIndividual-level confoundersThird trimesterFirst trimesterSecond trimesterPregnancyPM2.5 exposureTrimesterLogistic regressionParticulate exposureBirthLongitudinal studyLow exposureWomen comparisonsMembrane ruptureRuptureWomenExposure
2015
Ambient air pollution and congenital heart defects in Lanzhou, China
Jin L, Qiu J, Zhang Y, Qiu W, He X, Wang Y, Sun Q, Li M, Zhao N, Cui H, Liu S, Tang Z, Chen Y, Yue L, Da Z, Xu X, Huang H, Liu Q, Bell ML, Zhang Y. Ambient air pollution and congenital heart defects in Lanzhou, China. Environmental Research Letters 2015, 10: 074005. PMID: 31555342, PMCID: PMC6760856, DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/10/7/074005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPatent ductus arteriosusEntire pregnancyCongenital heart defectsMaternal exposureCongenital malformationsHeart defectsCongenital heartFolic acid intakeSingleton live birthsTherapeutic drug usePositive associationAmbient air pollutionDuctus arteriosusSeason of conceptionGreat arteriesSignificant positive associationAcid intakeMaternal ageHealth burdenLive birthsCardiac septumTrimesterDrug usePregnancyLogistic regression
2014
Fine particulate matter and risk of preterm birth and pre-labor rupture of membranes in Perth, Western Australia 1997–2007: A longitudinal study
Pereira G, Bell ML, Belanger K, de Klerk N. Fine particulate matter and risk of preterm birth and pre-labor rupture of membranes in Perth, Western Australia 1997–2007: A longitudinal study. Environment International 2014, 73: 143-149. PMID: 25118087, PMCID: PMC4259049, DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2014.07.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPre-labour rupturePreterm birthOdds ratioSecond trimesterElevated PM2.5 exposureRisk of PROMCorresponding odds ratiosConditional logistic regressionLongitudinal studyFine particulate exposureWhole pregnancyRecent longitudinal studiesThird trimesterFirst trimesterSingleton birthsUS cohortAustralian cohortInsufficient evidencePM2.5 exposureTrimesterPregnancySame womenAustralia 1997Particulate exposureLogistic regression
2012
Review of research on residential mobility during pregnancy: consequences for assessment of prenatal environmental exposures
Bell ML, Belanger K. Review of research on residential mobility during pregnancy: consequences for assessment of prenatal environmental exposures. Journal Of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology 2012, 22: 429-438. PMID: 22617723, PMCID: PMC3543155, DOI: 10.1038/jes.2012.42.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEnvironmental exposuresCase-control studyResidential historyPrenatal environmental exposuresSecond trimesterPotential confoundersCurrent evidencePregnancyStudy designAlcohol useRisk estimatesExposure misclassificationSocioeconomic statusBirth defectsPotential misclassificationExposureMarried mothersResidential informationSmokingTrimesterConfoundersStudyMisclassification
2007
Ambient Air Pollution and Low Birth Weight in Connecticut and Massachusetts
Bell ML, Ebisu K, Belanger K. Ambient Air Pollution and Low Birth Weight in Connecticut and Massachusetts. Environmental Health Perspectives 2007, 115: 1118-1124. PMID: 17637932, PMCID: PMC1913584, DOI: 10.1289/ehp.9759.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLow birth weightBirth weightThird trimesterType of deliveryAmbient air pollutionGestational exposureMaternal exposureFirst trimesterGestational lengthPrenatal careMother's residenceInterquartile increaseTobacco useTrimesterEffect estimatesMarital statusMother's raceWhite mothersChild sexBirth orderBlack mothersContinuous variablesAir pollutionExposureMothers