Air pollution is a global health threat and causes millions of human deaths annually. The late
onset of respiratory diseases in children and adults due to prenatal or perinatal exposure to …

Epidemiological studies have demonstrated that air pollution particulate matter (PM) and
adsorbed toxicants (organic compounds and trace metals) may affect child development …

Objectives The specific objectives are threefold: to describe the biologically plausible
mechanistic pathways by which exposure to particulate matter (PM) may lead to the adverse …

Background: Accumulating evidence from laboratory animal and human studies suggests
that air pollution exposure during pregnancy affects cognitive and psychomotor …

Recent extensive evidence indicates that air pollution, in addition to causing respiratory and
cardiovascular diseases, may also negatively affect the brain and contribute to central …

Background: Population studies support the adverse associations of air pollution exposures
with child behavioral functioning and cognitive performance, but few studies have used …

There is increasing evidence of the adverse impact of prenatal exposure to air pollution. This
is of particular interest, as exposure during pregnancy—a crucial time span of important …

Preliminary data suggest an association between infant mortality rates and several
measures of ambient air pollution, including dustfall and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons …

Background Individual studies on the relations between ambient air pollution and the risk of
stillbirth have provided contradictory results. We conducted a systematic review and meta …

Background There is a growing body of epidemiologic literature reporting associations
between atmospheric pollutants and reproductive outcomes, particularly birth weight and …