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. 2023 Jan 24;22:11. doi: 10.1186/s12940-022-00951-y

Table 2.

Monthly Prenatal Average Ambient Air Pollution Exposure Among Mother-Infant Pairs from the Southern California Mothers Milk Study

Pollutant Means ± SD of Prenatal Exposure Windows
Preg 1 m Preg 2 m Preg 3 m Preg 4 m Preg 5 m Preg 6 m Preg 7 m Preg 8 m Preg 9 m Preg 1-9 m
NO2 (ppb) 18.17 ± 6.57 18.26 ± 6.12 17.94 ± 5.39 18.22 ± 6.06 18.06 ± 6.67 17.72 ± 6.42 17.54 ± 6.71 17.45 ± 6.62 17.67 ± 6.66 17.89 ± 2.43
PM10 (µg/m3) 28.37 ± 5.67 29.18 ± 6.24 28.99 ± 5.94 29.38 ± 6.34 30.21 ± 6.79 29.84 ± 6.55 30.29 ± 7.43 30.49 ± 7.30 30.91 ± 6.76 29.74 ± 3.94
PM2.5 (µg /m3) 11.86 ± 2.60 11.90 ± 2.39 11.50 ± 2.37 11.55 ± 2.64 12.21 ± 3.79 11.83 ± 2.90 11.94 ± 3.56 12.17 ± 3.72 11.93 ± 2.97 11.88 ± 1.24

Means and standard deviations (SD) of ambient air pollutants during each monthly lag of the 9 months pregnancy (Preg) period. As an example, Preg 1 m = 1st month of pregnancy