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ArticleEnvironmental research2020

Prenatal particulate air pollution and newborn telomere length: Effect modification by maternal antioxidant intakes and infant sex.

Alison G Lee, Whitney Cowell, Srimathi Kannan, Harish B Ganguri, Farida Nentin, Ander Wilson, Brent A Coull, Robert O Wright, Andrea Baccarelli, Valentina Bollati and 1 more

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Article in Environmental research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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26citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
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

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

26 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 54 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. The role of antioxidant nutrients in mitigating PMFrontiers in public health · 2025
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  13. Ambient air pollution, genetic risk and telomere length in UK biobank.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2024
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  17. Early Environment and Telomeres: a Long-Term Toxic Relationship.Current environmental health reports · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 7 institutions in 2 countries.

Alison G LeeDivision of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA. Electronic address: Alison.Lee@mssm.edu.
Whitney CowellDepartment of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
Srimathi KannanDepartment of Metabolism, Endocrinology, and Diabetes, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Harish B GanguriUniversity of Cumberlands, Williamsburg, KY, USA.
Farida NentinDepartment of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
Ander WilsonDepartment of Statistics, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.
Brent A CoullHarvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA.
Robert O WrightDepartment of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
Andrea BaccarelliDepartments of Environmental Health Sciences and Epidemiology, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY, USA.
Valentina BollatiEPIGET Lab, Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
Rosalind J WrightDepartment of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Kravis Children's Hospital, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · USColorado State University · USColumbia University · USHarvard University · USUniversity of Michigan–Ann Arbor · USUniversity of Milan · ITUniversity of the Cumberlands · US

Funding

Mount Sinai ECHO site for Perinatal Environment and Development StudiesUH3OD023337 · OD · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI KECIA Nicole CARROLL, Robert O Wright · 2018 to 2026
$54.1M
The Mount Sinai Transdisciplinary Center on Early Environmental ExposuresP30ES023515 · NIEHS · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI Maria Jose Rosa · 2014 to 2026
$21.3M
Mount Sinai ECHO site for Perinatal Environment and Development StudiesUG3OD023337 · OD · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI CARROLL, KECIA NICOLE, WRIGHT, ROBERT O · 2016 to 2024
$20.6M
Research Training Program in Pediatric ExposomicsT32HD049311 · NICHD · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI KECIA Nicole CARROLL, Robert O Wright · 2007 to 2026
$7.4M
Perinatal Programming of Infant Stress Reactivity and the Atopic PhenotypeR01HL095606 · NHLBI · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI BOSQUET ENLOW, MICHELLE A, WRIGHT, ROSALIND J · 2010 to 2013
$3.1M
Prenatal stress and epigenetic programming of the HPA axis and autonomic balanceR01HL114396 · NHLBI · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI WRIGHT, ROSALIND J · 2012 to 2015
$2.8M
Prenatal PM2.5 and programming of respiratory outcomes: Placental biomarkers and effect modification by stressK23HL135349 · NHLBI · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI LEE, ALISON G · 2017 to 2021
$884k
Prenatal diet, PM2.5 and programming of the infant autonomic responseR21ES021318 · NIEHS · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI WRIGHT, ROSALIND J · 2012 to 2014
$502k
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundEvidence links gestational exposure to particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter of less than 2.5 μm (PM

methodsWe examined associations among prenatal PM

resultsFor the main effect of PM

conclusionsPrenatal PM

Indexed as

Air PollutantsAir PollutionPrenatal Exposure Delayed EffectsAntioxidantsBayes TheoremChildFemaleHumansInfantInfant, NewbornMaleMaternal ExposureParticulate MatterPregnancyTelomereAir PollutantsAntioxidantsParticulate MatterAntioxidant intakesParticulate air pollutionPrenatalSex-specific effectsTelomere length

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PMID32474316
PMCPMC7844769
OpenAlexW3026936027

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