ArticleEnvironment international2020
Particulate air pollution exposure during pregnancy and postpartum depression symptoms in women in Mexico City.
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- Maternal air pollution exposure and postpartum depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of global health · 2026Pooled it
- Silent Harm: How Ambient Air Pollution Threatens Prenatal and Neonatal Health. A Systematic Review.Investigacion y educacion en enfermeria · 2025Pooled it
- Air pollution, depressive and anxiety disorders, and brain effects: A systematic review.Neurotoxicology · 2022Pooled it
- Association between per- and polyfluoroalkyl exposures and postpartum psychological symptoms: Evidence from two population-based pregnancy cohorts.Environmental research · 2026Article
- Environmental Chemicals and Maternal Depression During and After Pregnancy: a Scoping Review.Current environmental health reports · 2026Article
- Air pollution and postpartum depression: the interplay with prenatal stress.Research square · 2026Article
- Long-term PM2.5 exposure and mental health disparities: A prospective analysis of the All of Us Research Program.Environmental research · 2025Article
- Association between Prenatal Particulate Matter Exposure and Neuropsychiatric Disorders Development.Biomolecules & therapeutics · 2025Review
- Air pollution mixture exposure during pregnancy and postpartum psychological functioning: racial/ethnic- and fetal sex-specific associations.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2025Article
- Joint effects of traffic-related air pollution and hypertensive disorders of pregnancy on maternal postpartum depressive and anxiety symptoms.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2025Article
- Prenatal exposure to ambient air pollution and persistent postpartum depression.The Science of the total environment · 2024Article
- Association of Postpartum Temperature Exposure with Postpartum Depression: A Retrospective Cohort Study in Southern California.Environmental health perspectives · 2024Article
- Spatial and temporal determinants of particulate matter peak exposures during pregnancy and early postpartum.Environmental advances · 2024Article
- Association between prenatal and childhood PMEnvironmental epidemiology (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2024Article
- Dose-response associations of maternal prenatal noise exposure duration with antepartum depression status.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Article
- Clinical practice guidelines on the environment and mental well-being.Indian journal of psychiatry · 2024Article
- Air pollution and pregnancy.Seminars in perinatology · 2023Article
- Association of Antepartum and Postpartum Air Pollution Exposure With Postpartum Depression in Southern California.JAMA network open · 2023Article
- Air Pollution and Perinatal Mental Health: A Comprehensive Overview.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- Association between ambient air pollution and perceived stress in pregnant women.Scientific reports · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundPostpartum depression (PPD), which affects up to 1 in 5 mothers globally, negatively impacts the health of both mothers and children. Exposure to ambient air pollution has been linked to depressive symptoms in animal models and human studies, but the relationship between air pollution and PPD has not been widely studied.
methodsIn a birth cohort in Mexico City (509 mothers with available data), we examined the association between exposure to particulate matter ≤2.5 μm in diameter (PM
resultsA 5-μg/m
conclusionOur results suggest that in women in Mexico City, particulate matter exposure during pregnancy is positively associated with PPD and symptoms of anhedonia and depression at 6 months postpartum. Future studies should examine mechanisms linking air pollution and other environmental exposures during pregnancy with postpartum psychological functioning.
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