Association between ambient air pollution and birth weight in Sao Paulo, Brazil

Gouveia, Nélson; Bremner, Stephen; Novaes, Hillegonda Maria Dutilh

doi:10.1136/jech.58.1.11

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“…438 -444 The effects of air pollution on various other birth outcomes are substantially less well established and understood. Nevertheless, there are a growing number of contemporary studies that have evaluated potential links between air pollution and birth weight, [445][446][447][448][449][450][451][452][453][454][455][456] premature birth, 449,456 -458 fetal growth, 459 -461 intrauterine mortality, 462 birth defects, 463 and lymphocyte immunophenotypes in cord and maternal blood at delivery. 464 Recent reviews of the literature dealing with air pollution and these various birth outcomes 441,442,444 generally suggest that there may be effects of ambient PM air pollution on these outcomes but that these effects are not well understood.…”

Section: Infant/birth Outcomesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Health Effects of Fine Particulate Air Pollution: Lines that Connect

Pope

Dockery²

2006

Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association

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Efforts to understand and mitigate the health effects of particulate matter (PM) air pollution have a rich and interesting history. This review focuses on six substantial lines of research that have been pursued since 1997 that have helped elucidate our understanding about the effects of PM on human health. There has been substantial progress in the evaluation of PM health effects at different time-scales of exposure and in the exploration of the shape of the concentration-response function. There has also been emerging evidence of PM-related cardiovascular health effects and growing knowledge regarding interconnected general pathophysiological pathways that link PM exposure with cardiopulmonary morbidity and mortality. Despite important gaps in scientific knowledge and continued reasons for some skepticism, a comprehensive evaluation of the research findings provides persuasive evidence that exposure to fine particulate air pollution has adverse effects on cardiopulmonary health. Although much of this research has been motivated by environmental public health policy, these results have important scientific, medical, and public health implications that are broader than debates over legally mandated air quality standards.

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Section: Infant/birth Outcomesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Health Effects of Fine Particulate Air Pollution: Lines that Connect

Pope

Dockery²

2006

Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association

5,670

3,159

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“…V). A significant association between risk of low birth weight and exposure to pollutants was found, like PM 10 , CO [98,112,118], SO 2 and O 3 [107]. A research [108] also revealed a gradient of approximately 50% of increasing risk of early neonatal death with higher exposure to traffic-related air pollution, compared with those less exposed.…”

Section: Regional -Regional Environmental Factorsmentioning

confidence: 87%

Children's Environment in Brazil: From Domestic (Indoor) to Regional Threats

Perlroth¹,

Branco²

2017

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“…In another study in Brazil by Gouveia et al 15 , ozone showed an inverse association between environmental levels and birth weight. Meanwhile, a study in South Korea showed a slight effect of ozone on birth weight 16 .…”

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Are environmental pollutants risk factors for low birth weight?

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Moreira

2009

Cad. Saúde Pública

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The aim of this study was to assess the association between prenatal exposure to air pollutants and low birth weight in a medium-sized city. An ecological study was performed, using live birth data from São José dos Campos, São Paulo State, Brazil. The environmental data were obtained from the São Paul State Environmental Agency. The study included full-term newborns whose mothers were 20 to 34 years of age and had at least a complete high school education, seven or more prenatal visits, singleton pregnancy, and vaginal delivery, in order to minimize potential confounding from these variables. Logistic regression was used to estimate the effect of each pollutant. Low birth weight was defined as less than 2,500g. The sample included a total of 2,529 data from 2001 that met the inclusion criteria (25.6% of the total). We identified 99 newborns (3.95% of the sample) with low birth weight, and the pollutants sulfur dioxide and ozone were associated with low birth weight. The final model was À(x) = -1.79 + 1.30 (SO2) + 1.26 (O3). Thus, sulfur dioxide and ozone were identified as risk factors for low birth weight in a medium-sized city in Southeast Brazil.

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Association between ambient air pollution and birth weight in Sao Paulo, Brazil

Cited by 218 publications

References 33 publications

Health Effects of Fine Particulate Air Pollution: Lines that Connect

Health Effects of Fine Particulate Air Pollution: Lines that Connect

Children's Environment in Brazil: From Domestic (Indoor) to Regional Threats

Are environmental pollutants risk factors for low birth weight?

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