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Table 4 Summary of GIS-based (geographic information system) approaches used to assessed residential proximity to polluted site

From: Systematic literature review of reproductive outcome associated with residential proximity to polluted sites

Approach

Polluted sites

Study design

Exposure threshold

Study location

Auteurs, year

Distance-decay modeling

TRI

Case–control

0.5 mile

Texas

Suarez et al. 2007 [39]

1.6 km (1 mile)

Texas

Langlois et al. 2009 [13]

Texas

Brender et al. 2008 [33]

Texas

Brender et al. 2006 [32]

Texas

Suarez et al. 2007 [39]

3.5 km (or 2 miles)

Texas

Suarez et al. 2007 [39]

4.8 km (3 miles)

Texas

Suarez et al. 2007 [39]

Cohort

Continuous measure

England

Dummer et al. 2003b [43]

Ecological

3.5 km (or 2 miles)

Spain

Castello et al. 2013 [53]

Waste site

Case–control

1.6 km (1 mile)

California

Croen et al. 1997 [35]

California and New York

Sosniak et al. 1994 [30]

Texas

Suarez et al. 2007 [39]

Texas

Malik et al. 2004 [31]

Texas

Brender et al. 2008 [33]

Texas

Brender et al. 2006 [32]

Texas

Langlois et al. 2009 [13]

8 km (5 miles)

Washington state

Mueller et al. 2007 [40]

Washington state

Kuehn et al. 2007 [34]

Pondered distance

New York

Geschwind et al. 1992 [37]

Landfill

Case–control

Continuous measure

5 pays européens

Vriljheld et al. 2002a [51]

2 km

Wales

Palmer et al. 2005 [46]

Cohort

Continuous measure

England

Dummer et al. 2003c [42]

Incinerator

Cohort

Continuous measure

England

Dummer et al. 2003a [44]

Crematoriums

Cohort

Continuous measure

England

Dummer et al. 2003 [44]

Buffer-based approach

Waste site

Case–control

1.6 km (1 mile, 1.32)

New York State

Marshall et al. 1997 [38]

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Yauck et al. 2004 [22]

Ecological

3 km

New Castle upon Tyne

Cresswell et al. 2003 [24]

A10 km subdivided into one circle of 2 km and1 km

Glasgow and nearby areas

Eizaguirre-García et al. 2000 [25]

Landfill

Ecological

2 km

Great-britain

Elliott et al. 2001 [45]

Scotland

Morris et al. 2003 [47]

England and Wales

Jarup et al. 2007 [49]

Denmark

Kloppenborg et al. 2005 [26]

Exposure index-2 km

Great-britain

Elliott et al. 2009 [11]

3 km

South Wales

Fielder et al. 2000 [21]

Case–control

3 km

5 pays européens

Vriljheld et al. 2002a [51]

5 pays européens

Vriljheld et al. 2002b [1]

Europe

Dolk et al. 1998 [52]

2–3 versus 4–5 km

Dublin, kildene, Wicklow

Boyle et al. 2004 [41]

Cohort

3 km

England

Morgan et al. 2004 [50]

Industry

Ecological

20 km

Beer-Sheva subdistrict

Bentov et al. 2006 [57]

Incinerator

Cohort

2 km

Japan

Tango et al. 2004 [56]

Neighbor-based approach

Landfill

Ecological

NR

Philadelphia

Berry et al. 1997 [27]

Case–control

NR

Montreal

Goldberg et al. 1995 [54]

Industry

Ecological

NR

United Kingdom

Bhopal et al. 1999 [48]

Spatial coincidence

Waste site

Ecological

Zip-code

New York State

Baibergenova et al. 2003 [28]

Case–control

Census tracts

California

Orr et al. 2002 [12]

California

Croen et al. 1997 [35]

San Francisco Bay Area

Shaw et al. 1992 [23]

Cohort

City

Sydney, Nova Scotia

Dodds et al. 2001 [55]

Dumpsites

Cohort

Villages

Alaska

Gilbreath et al. 2005a, b [29, 36]

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