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ReviewAnnals of global health

Effects of Environmental Exposures on Fetal and Childhood Growth Trajectories.

Tongzhang Zheng, Jie Zhang, Kathryn Sommer, Bryan A Bassig, Xichi Zhang, Jospeh Braun, Shuangqing Xu, Peter Boyle, Bin Zhang, Kunchong Shi and 8 more

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Review in Annals of global health. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 84 papers, 4 of them syntheses 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

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

84 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  4. Traffic-related environmental factors and childhood obesity: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors.

Tongzhang ZhengDepartment of Epidemiology, Brown School of Public Health, Providence, RI. Electronic address: tongzhang_zheng@brown.edu.
Jie ZhangDepartment of Epidemiology, Brown School of Public Health, Providence, RI.
Kathryn SommerHaverford College, Haverford, PA.
Bryan A BassigNational Cancer Institute, Division of Cancer Epidemiology & Genetics, Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, Bethesda, MD.
Xichi ZhangGeorge Washington University, Washington, DC.
Jospeh BraunDepartment of Epidemiology, Brown School of Public Health, Providence, RI.
Shuangqing XuTongji School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, P.R. China.
Peter BoyleInternational Prevention Research Institute, Lyon, France.
Bin ZhangWuhan Medical & Health Center for Women and Children, Wuhan, Hubei, P.R. China.
Kunchong ShiDepartment of Epidemiology, Brown School of Public Health, Providence, RI.
Stephen BukaDepartment of Epidemiology, Brown School of Public Health, Providence, RI.
Siming LiuDepartment of Epidemiology, Brown School of Public Health, Providence, RI.
Yuanyuan LiDepartment of Epidemiology, Brown School of Public Health, Providence, RI; Tongji School of Public Health, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, P.R. China.
Zengmin QianCollege for Public Health & Social Justice, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO.
Min DaiChina National Cancer Center, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, P.R. China.
Megan RomanoDepartment of Epidemiology, Brown School of Public Health, Providence, RI.
Aifen ZouWuhan Medical & Health Center for Women and Children, Wuhan, Hubei, P.R. China.
Karl KelseyDepartment of Epidemiology, Brown School of Public Health, Providence, RI.

Funding

Research Training for Cancer Epidemiology & Biostatistics in ChinaD43TW008323 · FIC · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI HOLFORD, THEODORE R, ZHENG, TONGZHANG · 2009 to 2013
$1.1M
Research Training for Study of Air Pollution Control in ChinaD43TW007864 · FIC · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI ZHENG, TONGZHANG · 2007 to 2011
$706k
FIC NIH HHS D43 TW007864FIC NIH HHS D43 TW008323
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Delayed fetal growth and adverse birth outcomes are some of the greatest public health threats to this generation of children worldwide because these conditions are major determinants of mortality, morbidity, and disability in infancy and childhood and are also associated with diseases in adult life. A number of studies have investigated the impacts of a range of environmental conditions during pregnancy (including air pollution, endocrine disruptors, persistent organic pollutants, heavy metals) on fetal and child development. The results, while provocative, have been largely inconsistent. This review summarizes up to date epidemiologic studies linking major environmental pollutants to fetal and child development and suggested future directions for further investigation.

Indexed as

Fetal DevelopmentPrenatal Exposure Delayed EffectsAir PollutionChild DevelopmentChild, PreschoolEnvironmental ExposureEnvironmental PollutantsFemaleHazardous SubstancesHumansMaternal ExposurePregnancyEnvironmental PollutantsHazardous Substancesadverse birth outcomescatch-up growthchild developmentenvironmental pollutantsfetal growthslow birth weightprenatal exposure

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PMID27325067
PMCPMC5967632

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