ArticleJournal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology2021
The relationship between air pollutants and maternal socioeconomic factors on preterm birth in California urban counties.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Susceptible window identification of the relationship between maternal ozone exposure and preterm birth.International health · 2026Pooled it
- The influence of environmental exposures during the preconception period on offspring outcomes: a systematic review.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
- Maternal Occupational Risk Factors and Preterm Birth: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Public health reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Association Between Air Pollutant Exposure and Preterm Birth: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Maternal and child health journal · 2026Article
- Ambient Air Pollution, Preconceptional Thyrotropin Abnormalities, and the Risk of Preterm Birth: A Nationwide Chinese Cohort Study.Environment & health (Washington, D.C.) · 2026Article
- Air Pollution and Preterm Birth: A Scoping Review Focused on Preterm Birth Phenotype and Specific Lengths of Gestation.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Changes in Gene Expression Related to Atopic Dermatitis in Mothers and Infants Following VOC Exposure.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
- Community-Engaged Research and the Use of Open Access ToxVal/ToxRef In Vivo Databases and New Approach Methodologies (NAM) to Address Human Health Risks From Environmental Contaminants.Birth defects research · 2024Article
- Associations between weekly gestational exposure of fine particulate matter, ozone, and nitrogen dioxide and preterm birth in a North Carolina Birth Cohort, 2003-2015.Environmental epidemiology (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2023Article
- Is residential proximity to polluted sites during pregnancy associated with preterm birth or low birth weight? Results from an integrated exposure database in North Carolina (2003-2015).Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2023Article
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- Associations between combined exposure to environmental hazards and social stressors at the neighborhood level and individual perinatal outcomes in the ECHO-wide cohort.Health & place · 2022Article
- Association between Maternal Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution and the Risk of Preterm Birth: A Birth Cohort Study in Chongqing, China, 2015-2020.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- A Review of Racial Disparities in Infant Mortality in the US.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
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Abstract
backgroundPreterm birth is the leading cause of perinatal morbidity and mortality in the U.S. and disparities among racial and ethnic groups persist. While etiologies of preterm birth have not been fully elucidated, it is probable that environmental and social factors play a role.
objectiveWe hypothesized that there is an interactive association between exposure to fine particulate matter (PM
methodsWe conducted a retrospective study using geocoded birth certificate data between 2007 and 2011, daily ambient air quality data on PM
resultsOur study found a small positive association between maternal exposures to PM SIGNIFICANCE: These findings substantiate previous studies that showed associations between air pollution and preterm birth, even as pollution levels have decreased. This study has important implications for policy decisions and may help inform research on potential mechanisms of preterm birth.
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