ReviewToxics2019
Environmental Contaminants Exposure and Preterm Birth: A Systematic Review.
Review in Toxics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
28 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 62 citations in OpenAlex.
- Health engagement: a systematic review of tools modifiable for use with vulnerable pregnant women.BMJ open · 2023Pooled it
- Effects of weather factors and maternal characteristics on preterm birth: a six-year retrospective study.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Observational
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- Unveiling the effects of micro and nano plastics in embryonic development.Toxicology reports · 2025Review
- Climate change and its environmental and health effects from 2015 to 2022: A scoping review.Heliyon · 2025Review
- Elevated Micro- and Nanoplastics Detected in Preterm Human Placentae.Research square · 2025Article
- Climate change, air pollution and maternal and newborn health: An overview of reviews of health outcomes.Journal of global health · 2024Review
- Genetic and inflammatory factors underlying gestational diabetes mellitus: a review.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2024Review
- Drinking Water Contaminant Concentrations and Birth Outcomes.Journal of policy analysis and management : [the journal of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management] · 2024Article
- Interleukin-2 gene methylation levels and interleukin-2 levels associated with environmental exposure as risk biomarkers for preterm birth.Croatian medical journal · 2023Article
- Research prioritisation on prevention and management of preterm birth in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) with a special focus on Bangladesh using the Child Health and Nutrition Research Initiative (CHNRI) method.Journal of global health · 2023Article
- Extreme Temperature Exposure and Risks of Preterm Birth Subtypes Based on a Nationwide Survey in China.Environmental health perspectives · 2023Article
- Environmental factors affecting pregnancy outcomes.Endocrine · 2023Review
- Maternal exposure to nitrosamines in drinking water during pregnancy and birth outcomes in a Chinese cohort.Chemosphere · 2023Article
- Cellular mechanisms linking to outdoor and indoor air pollution damage during pregnancy.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Review
- Genetics, epigenetics, and transcriptomics of preterm birth.American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989) · 2022Review
- Actions of Bisphenol A on Different Feto-Maternal Compartments Contributing to Preterm Birth.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Review
- The effects of radiofrequency exposure on male fertility and adverse reproductive outcomes: A protocol for two systematic reviews of human observational studies with meta-analysis.Environment international · 2022Article
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- Parental preconception exposure to phenol and phthalate mixtures and the risk of preterm birth.Environment international · 2021Article
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Authors and funding
6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Preterm birth is an obstetric condition associated with a high risk of infant mortality and morbidities in both the neonatal period and later in life, which has also a significant public health impact because it carries an important societal economic burden. As in many cases the etiology is unknown, it is important to identify environmental factors that may be involved in the occurrence of this condition. In this review, we report all the studies published in PubMed and Scopus databases from January 1992 to January 2019, accessible as full-text articles, written in English, including clinical studies, original studies, and reviews. We excluded articles not written in English, duplicates, considering inappropriate populations and/or exposures or irrelevant outcomes and patients with known risk factors for preterm birth (PTB). The aim of this article is to identify and summarize the studies that examine environmental toxicants exposure associated with preterm birth. This knowledge will strengthen the possibility to develop strategies to reduce the exposure to these toxicants and apply clinical measures for preterm birth prevention.
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