Associations between high temperatures in pregnancy and risk of preterm birth, low birth weight, and stillbirths: systematic review and meta-analysis

MF Chersich, MD Pham, A Areal, MM Haghighi… - bmj, 2020 - bmj.com
Objective To assess whether exposure to high temperatures in pregnancy is associated with
increased risk for preterm birth, low birth weight, and stillbirth. Design Systematic review and …

Maternal atmospheric particulate matter exposure and risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes: A meta-analysis of cohort studies

L Ju, L Hua, H Xu, C Li, S Sun, Q Zhang, J Cao… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Ambient air particulate exposure not only capable of elevating the risks of adverse
pregnancy outcomes, but also has profound implications for human health, but the results …

Early-life environmental exposures and childhood obesity: an exposome-wide approach

M Vrijheid, S Fossati, L Maitre, S Márquez… - Environmental …, 2020 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Chemical and nonchemical environmental exposures are increasingly
suspected to influence the development of obesity, especially during early life, but studies …

[HTML][HTML] Impacts of air pollution and noise on risk of preterm birth and stillbirth in London

RB Smith, SD Beevers, J Gulliver, D Dajnak… - Environment …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Evidence for associations between ambient air pollution and preterm birth and
stillbirth is inconsistent. Road traffic produces both air pollutants and noise, but few studies …

[HTML][HTML] Ambient temperature and preterm birth: a retrospective study of 32 million US singleton births

S Sun, KR Weinberger, KR Spangler… - Environment …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Days of extreme temperature may be associated with transiently higher risk of
preterm birth, but prior studies have been limited and results have been heterogeneous …

Pregnancy exposure to atmospheric pollution and meteorological conditions and placental DNA methylation

E Abraham, S Rousseaux, L Agier… - Environment …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Air pollution exposure represents a major health threat to the developing foetus.
DNA methylation is one of the most well-known molecular determinants of the epigenetic …

Maternal air pollution exposure increases the risk of preterm birth: Evidence from the meta-analysis of cohort studies

L Ju, C Li, M Yang, S Sun, Q Zhang, J Cao… - Environmental Research, 2021 - Elsevier
Preterm birth (PTB), a major public health impact, has been shown to be associated with
prenatal air pollution exposure, but the results are still inconsistent. This meta-analysis was …

Low and high ambient temperatures during pregnancy and birth weight among 624,940 singleton term births in Israel (2010–2014): an investigation of potential …

X Basagaña, Y Michael, IM Lensky… - Environmental …, 2021 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Exposure to heat during pregnancy has been associated with reduced fetal
growth. Less is known about associations with cold and the potential for critical time …

Association of long-term exposure to airborne particulate matter of 1 μm or less with preterm birth in China

Y Wang, Q Li, Y Guo, H Zhou, X Wang, Q Wang… - JAMA …, 2018 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Airborne particulate matter pollution has been associated with preterm birth
(PTB) in some studies. However, most of these studies assessed only populations living …

Extreme heat and its association with social disparities in the risk of spontaneous preterm birth

L Cushing, R Morello‐Frosch… - Paediatric and Perinatal …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of heatwaves. Prior
studies associate high temperature with preterm birth. Objectives We tested the hypotheses …