ArticleInternational journal of women's health2020
The Association Between Air Pollution and Low Birth Weight and Preterm Labor in Ahvaz, Iran.
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- Silent Harm: How Ambient Air Pollution Threatens Prenatal and Neonatal Health. A Systematic Review.Investigacion y educacion en enfermeria · 2025Pooled it
- Dysregulated blood biomarkers in women with acute and chronic respiratory conditions due to air pollutant exposure: An exploratory systematic review.Journal of global health · 2024Pooled it
- Implementing empirical likelihood within the causal inference framework to study causal effects of air pollution on reproductive development.Statistical methods in medical research · 2026Article
- Ambient Air Pollution: A New Intrauterine Environmental Toxin for Preterm Birth and Low Birth Weight.Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology of India · 2023Article
- The Relationship between Air Pollution and Infant Mortality Rate.Iranian journal of public health · 2023Article
- Poultry Concentrated Animal-Feeding Operations on the Eastern Shore, Virginia, and Geospatial Associations with Adverse Birth Outcomes.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Exposure to Traffic Density during Pregnancy and Birth Weight in a National Cohort, 2000-2017.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Determination of risk factors and cumulative effects of the maternal and neonatal risk factors in relation to preterm labor.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2021Article
- Low Birthweight as a Risk Factor for Non-communicable Diseases in Adults.Frontiers in medicine · 2021Review
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Abstract
purposePregnant women and fetuses are sensitive to air pollution due to physiological changes in pregnancy. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between exposure to air pollution, low birth weight and preterm labor in Ahvaz.
methodsThis research was a time-series study. The research sample consisted of all data about low birth weight and preterm labor pregnant women from Imam Khomeini Hospital and Razi Hospital in Ahvaz city. Air pollutant data including O
resultsThe results of multiple GAM model have shown that there is a direct and significant relationship between exposure to PM
conclusionThe results indicate the effect of air pollutants on low birth weight and preterm labor. Therefore, pregnant women should be informed about the negative consequences of air pollution and avoid exposure to polluted air during pregnancy.
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