Infant Mortality |
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Clinical Trial: Vulnerability of the Fetus/Infant to PAH, PM2.5 AND ETS.
This study is currently recruiting patients.
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Purpose
The goal of this study is to examine the effects of in utero and postnatal exposure to environmental pollutants in a cohort of pregnant women and their newborns in Krakow, Poland
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MedlinePlus consumer health information
Study Type: Observational
Study Design: Natural History, Longitudinal, Defined Population, Retrospective/Prospective Study
Expected Total Enrollment: 480
Study start: February 2000; Expected completion: January 2004
Eligibility
Ages Eligible for Study: 18 Years - 40 Years, Genders Eligible for Study: Female
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Criteria
Inclusion criteria:
- Pregnant women between 18 and 40 years old
- Resided for at least 1 year within proximity to air monitoring station
Exclusion criteria:
- Smoking/ illicit drugs
- Hypertension
- Diabetes
- Occupational exposure
Location and Contact Information
New York
Columbia University, 60 Haven Ave. #B-109, New York City, New York, 10032, United States; Recruiting
More Information
Record last reviewed: September 2002
Last Updated: October 13, 2004
Record first received: September 3, 2002
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00044603
Health Authority: United States: Federal Government
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on 2005-04-08
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov
Cache Date: April 9, 2005
Resources
- "Closing the Health Gap": Reducing Health Disparities Affecting African-Americans (Office of Minority Health, OPHS, OS, HHS)
- Health Disparities: Bridging the Gap (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Clearinghouse, NICHD, NIH, HHS)

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