SynthesisEnvironmental health : a global access science source2024
Prenatal exposure to air pollution and maternal and fetal thyroid function: a systematic review of the epidemiological evidence.
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- A comprehensive study on the association of personal air pollution exposure with thyroid hormones in pregnant women.Environmental epidemiology (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2026Article
- Nutrition in Pregnancy and Early Life: A Critical Window of Vulnerability but Also of Opportunity.Nutrients · 2026Article
- The association between air pollution exposure and childhood cancer: a scoping review about the challenges in epidemiological studies.BMC public health · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundExposure to ambient air pollution is a top risk factor contributing to the global burden of disease. Pregnant persons and their developing fetuses are particularly susceptible to adverse health outcomes associated with air pollution exposures. During pregnancy, the thyroid plays a critical role in fetal development, producing thyroid hormones that are associated with brain development. Our objective is to systematically review recent literature that investigates how prenatal exposure to air pollution affects maternal and fetal thyroid function.
methodsFollowing the Navigation Guide Framework, we systematically reviewed peer-reviewed journal articles that examined prenatal exposures to air pollution and outcomes related to maternal and fetal thyroid function, evaluated the risk of bias for individual studies, and synthesized the overall quality and strength of the evidence.
resultsWe found 19 studies that collected data on pregnancy exposure windows spanning preconception to full term from 1999 to 2020 across nine countries. Exposure to fine particulate matter (PM
conclusionTo improve the quality of the body of evidence, future research should seek to enhance exposure assessment methods by integrating personal monitoring and high-quality exposure data (e.g., using spatiotemporally resolved satellite observations and statistical modeling) and outcome assessment methods by measuring a range of thyroid hormones throughout the course of pregnancy.
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