Effects of Environmental Exposures on Fetal and Childhood Growth Trajectories

Overview

Journal Ann Glob Health

Publisher Ubiquity Press

Specialties General Medicine
Public Health

Date 2016 Jun 22

PMID 27325067

Citations 72

Authors

Tongzhang Zheng

Jie Zhang

Kathryn Sommer

Bryan A Bassig

Xichi Zhang

Jospeh Braun

Shuangqing Xu

Peter Boyle

Bin Zhang

Kunchong Shi

Stephen Buka

Siming Liu

Yuanyuan Li

Zengmin Qian

Min Dai

Megan Romano

Aifen Zou

Karl Kelsey

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Abstract

Delayed fetal growth and adverse birth outcomes are some of the greatest public health threats to this generation of children worldwide because these conditions are major determinants of mortality, morbidity, and disability in infancy and childhood and are also associated with diseases in adult life. A number of studies have investigated the impacts of a range of environmental conditions during pregnancy (including air pollution, endocrine disruptors, persistent organic pollutants, heavy metals) on fetal and child development. The results, while provocative, have been largely inconsistent. This review summarizes up to date epidemiologic studies linking major environmental pollutants to fetal and child development and suggested future directions for further investigation.

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