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ArticleSeminars in perinatology2023

Air pollution and pregnancy.

Juan Aguilera, Katherine Konvinse, Alexandra Lee, Holden Maecker, Mary Prunicki, Shruthi Mahalingaiah, Vanitha Sampath, Paul J Utz, Emily Yang, Kari C Nadeau

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Article in Seminars in perinatology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Juan AguileraDepartment of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health, El Paso, Texas.
Katherine KonvinseDepartment of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA.
Alexandra LeeSean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at Stanford University, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA.
Holden MaeckerInstitute for Immunity, Transplantation, and Infection, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
Mary PrunickiDepartment of Environmental Health, T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA.
Shruthi MahalingaiahDepartment of Environmental Health, T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA; Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Department of OB/GYN, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
Vanitha SampathDepartment of Environmental Health, T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA.
Paul J UtzDepartment of Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA.
Emily YangDepartment of Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA.
Kari C NadeauDepartment of Environmental Health, T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA. Electronic address: knadeau@hsph.harvard.edu.

Funding

Stanford Integrated Cardiovascular/Pulmonary Residency Research Training ProgramR38HL143615 · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · 2025 to 2025
$401k
NHLBI NIH HHS R38 HL143615NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES032253
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Increased fossil fuel usage and extreme climate change events have led to global increases in greenhouse gases and particulate matter with 99% of the world's population now breathing polluted air that exceeds the World Health Organization's recommended limits. Pregnant women and neonates with exposure to high levels of air pollutants are at increased risk of adverse health outcomes such as maternal hypertensive disorders, postpartum depression, placental abruption, low birth weight, preterm birth, infant mortality, and adverse lung and respiratory effects. While the exact mechanism by which air pollution exerts adverse health effects is unknown, oxidative stress as well as epigenetic and immune mechanisms are thought to play roles. Comprehensive, global efforts are urgently required to tackle the health challenges posed by air pollution through policies and action for reducing air pollution as well as finding ways to protect the health of vulnerable populations in the face of increasing air pollution.

Indexed as

Air PollutantsAir PollutionPremature BirthFemaleHumansInfantInfant, NewbornParticulate MatterPlacentaPregnancyPregnancy OutcomeAir PollutantsParticulate MatterAir pollutionHealth outcomesMaternalNeonatePregnancy

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PMID37858459
PMCPMC10843016

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