ArticleReproductive biology and endocrinology : RB&E2021
The effect of short term exposure to outdoor air pollution on fertility.
Article in Reproductive biology and endocrinology : RB&E, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Association between ambient air pollution exposure and pregnancy outcomes in women treated with assisted reproductive technology: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
- Exploring the nexus between particulate matter and infertility: Multiple mechanistic insights and potential control strategies.iScience · 2026Review
- Air pollution and fertility potential: evidence from employed women in China.BMC public health · 2025Article
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- Development of a single-center predictive model for conventional in vitro fertilization outcomes excluding total fertilization failure: implications for protocol selection.Journal of ovarian research · 2025Article
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- Observed Effects on Very Early Pregnancy Linked to Ambient PMEnvironment & health (Washington, D.C.) · 2024Article
- Long term exposure to road traffic noise and air pollution and risk of infertility in men and women: nationwide Danish cohort study.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2024Article
- Implications of Exposure to Air Pollution on Male Reproduction: The Role of Oxidative Stress.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Association between traffic-related air pollution exposure and fertility-assisted births.Environmental research, health : ERH · 2023Article
- Air Pollutant impacts on the brain and neuroendocrine system with implications for peripheral organs: a perspective.Inhalation toxicologyReview
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Abstract
backgroundThere is evidence to suggest that long term exposure to air pollution could be associated with decreased levels of fertility, although there is controversy as to how short term exposure may compromise fertility in IVF patients and what windows of exposure during the IVF process patients could be most vulnerable.
methodsThis prospective cohort study aimed to evaluate the impact of acute exposure that air pollution have on reproductive outcomes in different moments of the IVF process. Women undergoing IVF living in Barcelona were recruited. Individual air pollution exposures were modelled at their home address 15 and 3 days before embryo transfer (15D and 3D, respectively), the same day of transfer (D0), and 7 days after (D7). The pollutants modelled were: PM
resultsOne hundred ninety-four women were recruited, contributing with data for 486 embryo transfers. Acute and subacute exposure to PMs showed a tendency in increasing miscarriage rate and reducing clinical pregnancy rate, although results were not statistically significant. The first sensitivity analysis, showed a significant risk of miscarriage for PM
conclusionsExposure to particulate matter has a negative impact on reproductive outcomes in IVF patients. Subacute exposure seems to increase the harmful effect of the acute exposure on miscarriage and pregnancy rates. Nitrogen dioxides do not modify significantly the reproductive success.
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