Risk of Low Birth Weight and Very Low Birth Weight from Exposure to Particulate Matter (PM2.5) Speciation Metals during Pregnancy

Boubakari Ibrahimou^1,3*, Hamisu M Salihu^3,4, Janvier Gasana^1,5 and Hilda Owusu²

¹Department of Biostatistics, Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work, Florida International University, FL, USA

²Department of Public Health, College of Health and Human Services, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, Kentucky, USA

³Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Public Health, University of South Florida, FL, USA

⁴Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, College of Medicine, University of South Florida, FL, USA

⁵South Florida Asthma Consortium, 2020 S Andrews Ave, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA

^*Corresponding Author: Boubakari Ibrahimou, Department of Biostatistics, Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work, Florida International University, 11200 S.W. 8th Street, AHC2 576A, Miami, FL 33199, USA, Tel: 305 348-7524, Fax: 305 348-4901 Email: