ArticleJournal of reproductive immunology2021
Ambient BTEX exposure and mid-pregnancy inflammatory biomarkers in pregnant African American women.
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- Developmental exposure to ethylbenzene: Elucidating the effects of volatile organic compounds on phenotypic and transcriptomic endpoints using zebrafish (Danio rerio).Journal of hazardous materials · 2026Article
- Association between triglyceride-glucose index, placental inflammatory cytokines, and perinatal outcomes in preeclampsia.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Article
- Mapping the Level of Evidence of Prenatal, Childhood, and Adolescent Exposure to Volatile Organic Compounds and Health Outcomes: Protocol for a Scoping Review.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- Aromatics from fossil fuels and breast cancer.iScience · 2025Review
- Comparing conventional and phytoscreening methods to detect subsurface chemical contaminants: A test case of volatile organic compounds in an urban setting.Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) · 2025Article
- Anaerobic benzene oxidation inApplied and environmental microbiology · 2024Article
- The Impact of Environmental Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene, and Xylene Exposure on Blood-Based DNA Methylation Profiles in Pregnant African American Women from Detroit.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Prenatal benzene exposure in mice alters offspring hypothalamic development predisposing to metabolic disease in later life.Chemosphere · 2023Article
- Evaluating Phenotypic and Transcriptomic Responses Induced by Low-Level VOCs in Zebrafish: Benzene as an Example.Toxics · 2022Article
- Prenatal Pollutant Exposures and Hypothalamic Development: Early Life Disruption of Metabolic Programming.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022Review
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Abstract
Air pollution is associated with preterm birth (PTB), potentially via inflammation. We recently showed the mixture benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene (BTEX) is associated with PTB. We examined if ambient BTEX exposure is associated with mid-pregnancy inflammation in a sample of 140 African-American women residing in Detroit, Michigan. The Geospatial Determinants of Health Outcomes Consortium study collected outdoor air pollution measurements in Detroit; these data were coupled with Michigan Air Sampling Network measurements to develop monthly BTEX concentration estimates at a spatial density of 300 m
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