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Using a time-series analysis, which eliminates potential confounding by individual risk factors that do not change over short periods of time, we investigated the effect of ambient outdoor particulate matter with diameter \u226410 \u03bcm (PM10) and sulfur dioxide on risk for preterm delivery. Daily counts of preterm births were obtained from birth records in four Pennsylvania counties from 1997 through 2001. We observed increased risk for preterm delivery with exposure to average PM10 and SO2 in the 6 weeks before birth [respectively, relative risk (RR) = 1.07; 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.98\u20131.18 per 50 \u03bcg\/m3 increase; RR = 1.15; 95% CI, 1.00\u20131. 32 per 15 ppb increase], adjusting for long-term preterm delivery trends, co-pollutants, and offsetting by the number of gestations at risk. We also examined lags up to 7 days before the birth and found an acute effect of exposure to PM10 2 days and 5 days before birth (respectively, RR = 1.10; 95% CI, 1.00\u20131.21; RR = 1.07; 95% CI, 0.98\u20131.18) and SO2 3 days before birth (RR = 1.07; 95% CI, 0.99\u20131.15), adjusting for covariates, including temperature, dew point temperature, and day of the week. The results from this time-series analysis, which provides evidence of an increase in preterm birth risk with exposure to PM10 and SO2, are consistent with prior investigations of spatial contrasts.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1289\/ehp.7646","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2005,2,2]],"date-time":"2005-02-02T16:22:35Z","timestamp":1107361355000},"page":"602-606","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":135,"title":["A Time Series Analysis of Air Pollution and Preterm Birth in Pennsylvania, 1997\u20132001"],"prefix":"10.1021","volume":"113","author":[{"given":"Sharon K.","family":"Sagiv","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"1Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA;"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Pauline","family":"Mendola","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"2National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Office of Research and 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