Green space, health inequality and pregnancyPayam Dadvand
Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology CREAL, Barcelona, Spain
Environ Int 40:110-5. 2012
..3 (43.1, 829.5)) or lived close to a major green space (Regression coefficient (95% CI)) of 189.8 (23.9, 355.7)). Our findings suggest a beneficial effect of exposure to green spaces on birth weight only in the lowest SEP group...
- Climate extremes and the length of gestation
Payam Dadvand
Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology CREAL, Barcelona, Spain
Environ Health Perspect 119:1449-53. 2011
..Objectives: We investigated the impact of maternal short-term exposure to extreme ambient heat on the length of pregnancy...
- Association between maternal exposure to ambient air pollution and congenital heart disease: A register-based spatiotemporal analysis
Payam Dadvand
Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Am J Epidemiol 173:171-82. 2011
..When the authors used quartiles of exposure, odds ratios did not show a dose-response relation for consecutive quartiles. For sulfur dioxide, the results were not indicative of any association...
- Ambient air pollution and congenital heart disease: a register-based study
Payam Dadvand
Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4AX, UK
Environ Res 111:435-41. 2011
..CO was also associated with congenital pulmonary valve stenosis and NO with pooled cases of congenital heart disease and tetralogy of Fallot. Findings for SO(2), O(3) and PM(10) were less consistent...
- Measurement errors in the assessment of exposure to solar ultraviolet radiation and its impact on risk estimates in epidemiological studies
Payam Dadvand
Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology CREAL, Barcelona Biomedical Research Park, Dr Aiguader, 88, 08003, Barcelona, Spain
Photochem Photobiol Sci 10:1161-8. 2011
..Our results emphasise the importance of integrating both personal behaviour and ambient UVR levels/latitude in exposure assessment methodologies...
- Saharan dust episodes and pregnancy
Payam Dadvand
Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology CREAL, Barcelona Biomedical Research Park, Dr Aiguader, 88, 08003, Barcelona, Spain
J Environ Monit 13:3222-8. 2011
..8 and 0.5 days respectively). Our findings were not suggestive for any adverse effect of Saharan dust episodes on our included pregnancy complications and outcomes...
- Climate and group B streptococci colonisation during pregnancy: present implications and future concerns
P Dadvand
Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology CREAL, Barcelona, Spain
BJOG 118:1396-400. 2011
..Logistic regression models were developed to extract adjusted odds ratios for continuous and categorical (quartiles) exposures. We detected increased risks of GBS colonisation in higher ambient temperatures and humidity...
- Ambient air pollution and risk of congenital anomalies: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Martine Vrijheid
Center for Research in Environmental Epidemiology, Barcelona, Spain
Environ Health Perspect 119:598-606. 2011
..We systematically reviewed epidemiologic studies on ambient air pollution and congenital anomalies and conducted meta-analyses for a number of air pollutant-anomaly combinations...
- Heat waves and cause-specific mortality at all ages
Xavier Basagana
Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology CREAL, Barcelona, Spain
Epidemiology 22:765-72. 2011
..Infants are often identified as a population that is vulnerable to extreme heat conditions; however, information on heat and infant mortality is scarce, with no studies reporting on cause-specific mortality...
- Descriptive epidemiology of congenital heart disease in Northern England
Payam Dadvand
Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 23:58-65. 2009
..A total of 89.2% of cases survived to 1 year and the survival improved during the study period. This population-based study has demonstrated an increasing trend in both prevalence and survival among children with CHD...
