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The association of PM(2.5) with full term low birth weight at different spatial scales.
Environ Res
October 2014
Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Rutgers University, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ, USA.
There is interest in determining the relationship between fine particulate matter air pollution and various health outcomes, including birth outcomes such as term low birth weight. Previous studies have come to different conclusions. In this study we consider whether the effect may vary by location and gestational period.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: Phthalates and bisphenol A (BPA) are ubiquitous environmental toxicants, present in high concentrations in numerous consumer products. We hypothesized that maternal exposure to phthalates and BPA in pregnancy is associated with shortened gestation.
Methods: Urinary phthalate and BPA metabolites from 72 pregnant women were measured at the last obstetric clinic visit prior to delivery.
Maternal exposure to particulate air pollution and term birth weight: a multi-country evaluation of effect and heterogeneity.
Environ Health Perspect
March 2013
Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL), Barcelona, Spain.
Background: A growing body of evidence has associated maternal exposure to air pollution with adverse effects on fetal growth; however, the existing literature is inconsistent.
Objectives: We aimed to quantify the association between maternal exposure to particulate air pollution and term birth weight and low birth weight (LBW) across 14 centers from 9 countries, and to explore the influence of site characteristics and exposure assessment methods on between-center heterogeneity in this association.
Methods: Using a common analytical protocol, International Collaboration on Air Pollution and Pregnancy Outcomes (ICAPPO) centers generated effect estimates for term LBW and continuous birth weight associated with PM(10) and PM(2.
The International Collaboration on Air Pollution and Pregnancy Outcomes: initial results.
Environ Health Perspect
July 2011
National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hyattsville, Maryland 20782, USA.
Background: The findings of prior studies of air pollution effects on adverse birth outcomes are difficult to synthesize because of differences in study design.
Objectives: The International Collaboration on Air Pollution and Pregnancy Outcomes was formed to understand how differences in research methods contribute to variations in findings. We initiated a feasibility study to a) assess the ability of geographically diverse research groups to analyze their data sets using a common protocol and b) perform location-specific analyses of air pollution effects on birth weight using a standardized statistical approach.
Environmental factors in cancer: trichloroethylene and related solvents: science, regulation, and cancer prevention.
Rev Environ Health
May 2010
Division of Environmental Epidemiology, Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and The Cancer Institute of New Jersey 170 Frelinghuysen Road, Room 234A, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.
In summary, I have used the case of TCE exposure as an example of: (1) The importance of population-based research to identify and characterize possible environmental risk factors for cancer, and the need for a greater emphasis and proportional increase in public funding of research on prevention as compared to treatment. We need to understand these risks better, and use this information to drive effective public health prevention actions. (2) The imposition of strong restrictions on requests by bona fide researchers for access to data as a barrier to research that could be used to help resolve some of the most controversial issues in TCE epidemiology, in particular, and environmental risks in general, especially access to individual level data including data of event and location of residence.
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