Additive interaction between heterogeneous environmental quality domains (air, water, land, sociodemographic and built environment) on preterm birth
The study population included live births from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) for the entire United States for the years 2000–2005 for all 3141 counties. Domain-specific EQIs were used to represent environmental exposure at the county-level for the entire U.S. over the 2000–2005 time period. The EQI …