Evidence map›Paper›PMID 27913015›Full record

SynthesisThe Science of the total environment2017

The association between ambient air pollution and selected adverse pregnancy outcomes in China: A systematic review.

Milena Jacobs, Guicheng Zhang, Shu Chen, Ben Mullins, Michelle Bell, Lan Jin, Yuming Guo, Rachel Huxley, Gavin Pereira

Abstract readSystematic Review
In one paragraph

Synthesis in The Science of the total environment, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
47citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
9.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

47 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 136 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Adverse Birth Outcomes Related to NOInternational journal of environmental research and public health · 2020
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  15. Tracking air pollution and COCommunications earth & environment · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Milena JacobsSchool of Public Health, Curtin University, WA, Australia. Electronic address: stoten@miljacobs.com.au.
Guicheng ZhangSchool of Public Health, Curtin University, WA, Australia.
Shu ChenSchool of Public Health, Curtin University, WA, Australia.
Ben MullinsSchool of Public Health, Curtin University, WA, Australia.
Michelle BellSchool of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, CT, USA.
Lan JinSchool of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, CT, USA.
Yuming GuoSchool of Population Health, University of Queensland, QLD, Australia.
Rachel HuxleySchool of Public Health, Curtin University, WA, Australia.
Gavin PereiraSchool of Public Health, Curtin University, WA, Australia.
Curtin University · AUYale University · USUniversity of Queensland · AU

Funding

Effect of Air Pollution and Traffic on Birth OutcomesR01ES016317 · NIEHS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI BELANGER, KATHLEEN, BELL, MICHELLE L · 2008 to 2012
$2.9M
Effects of Fine Particle Composition on Birth OutcomesR01ES019587 · NIEHS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI BELL, MICHELLE L · 2011 to 2015
$2.6M
NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES016317NIEHS NIH HHS R01 ES019587
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The association between exposure to ambient air pollution and respiratory or cardiovascular endpoints is well-established. An increasing number of studies have shown that this exposure is also associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes. However, the majority of research has been undertaken in high-income western countries, with relatively lower levels of exposure. There is now a sufficient number of studies to warrant an assessment of effects in China, a relatively higher exposure setting. We conducted a systematic review of 25 studies examining the association between ambient air pollution exposure and adverse pregnancy outcomes (lower birth weight, preterm birth, mortality, and congenital anomaly) in China, published between 1980 and 2015. The results indicated that sulphur dioxide (SO

Indexed as

Air PollutantsAir PollutionChinaFemaleHumansInfant, Low Birth WeightMaternal ExposurePregnancyPregnancy OutcomePremature BirthAir PollutantsBirth defectsCongenital anomalyLow birth weightMortalityPollutionPreterm birth

Identifiers

PMID27913015
PMCPMC5252829
OpenAlexW2558400514

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