ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022
Environmental Toxicants and Preterm Birth: A Bibliometric Analysis of Research Trends and Output.
Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.
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- An overview of air pollution research in Chile: Bibliometric analysis and scoping review, challenger and future directions.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Construction and validation of a novel nomogram for predicting spontaneous preterm birth in patients with gestational diabetes mellitus.American journal of translational research · 2024Article
- Evolution of Scientific Production on Health Literacy and Health Education-A Bibliometric Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- Efficacy of atosiban combined with ritodrine on spontaneous threatened preterm birth and its effect on PAF and fFN levels.American journal of translational research · 2022Article
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Abstract
Preterm birth remains a problem globally, as multiple factors contribute to its etiology and pathogenesis. One such factor is the exposure to environmental toxicants, in which recent literature has described contributory roles in disease progression. This study aims to show research trends and collaborations in papers related to environmental toxicants and preterm birth through a bibliometric analysis to determine hot spots for research as well as to identify already established themes that can point to policy making and development. Using the Scopus database, we were able to identify 956 original research articles from 72 countries between 1955 and 2021; bibliographic information was exported, analyzed, and visualized using Bibliometrix and VOSviewer. There was an annual growth of research and reporting in this area, which significantly increased within the last two decades. The top countries that have published on this topic include the USA (
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