Environmental contaminants affecting fertility and somatic health

C Chiang, S Mahalingam… - Seminars in reproductive …, 2017 - thieme-connect.com
This review article summarizes the epidemiological findings published between 2011 and
2016 concerning bisphenol A (BPA), phthalates, dioxins, pesticides, air pollution, fracking …

Ambient air pollution and infant health: a narrative review

LZ Lin, JH Chen, YJ Yu, GH Dong - EBioMedicine, 2023 - thelancet.com
The extensive evidence regarding the effects of ambient air pollution on child health is well
documented, but limited review summarized their health effects during infancy. Symptoms or …

[HTML][HTML] Robust relationship between air quality and infant mortality in Africa

S Heft-Neal, J Burney, E Bendavid, M Burke - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Poor air quality is thought to be an important mortality risk factor globally,–, but there is little
direct evidence from the developing world on how mortality risk varies with changing …

[HTML][HTML] Preterm birth associated with maternal fine particulate matter exposure: A global, regional and national assessment

CS Malley, JCI Kuylenstierna, HW Vallack… - Environment …, 2017 - Elsevier
Reduction of preterm births (< 37 completed weeks of gestation) would substantially reduce
neonatal and infant mortality, and deleterious health effects in survivors. Maternal fine …

Potential for bias when estimating critical windows for air pollution in children's health

A Wilson, YHM Chiu, HHL Hsu… - American journal of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Evidence supports an association between maternal exposure to air pollution during
pregnancy and children's health outcomes. Recent interest has focused on identifying …

[HTML][HTML] A national study of the association between traffic-related air pollution and adverse pregnancy outcomes in Canada, 1999–2008

DM Stieb, L Chen, P Hystad, BS Beckerman… - Environmental …, 2016 - Elsevier
Numerous studies have examined the association of air pollution with preterm birth and birth
weight outcomes. Traffic-related air pollution has also increasingly been identified as an …

The association between fine particulate matter exposure during pregnancy and preterm birth: a meta-analysis

X Sun, X Luo, C Zhao, RW Chung Ng, CED Lim… - BMC pregnancy and …, 2015 - Springer
Background Although several previous studies have assessed the association of fine
particulate matter (PM 2.5) exposure during pregnancy with preterm birth, the results have …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

[HTML][HTML] Identifying windows of susceptibility for maternal exposure to ambient air pollution and preterm birth

Q Wang, T Benmarhnia, H Zhang, LD Knibbs… - Environment …, 2018 - Elsevier
Maternal exposure to ambient air pollution has been associated with preterm birth (PTB),
however, entire pregnancy or trimester-specific associations were generally reported, which …

[HTML][HTML] Ambient air pollution and markers of fetal growth: A retrospective population-based cohort study of 2.57 million term singleton births in China

P Guo, Y Chen, H Wu, J Zeng, Z Zeng, W Li… - Environment …, 2020 - Elsevier
Backgrounds Evidence is scarce on the relation between maternal exposure to ambient air
pollution during pregnancy and fetal growth in developing countries. Moreover, the current …