Maternal steroids during pregnancy and their associations with ambient air pollution and temperature during preconception and early gestational periods

Maternal steroids during pregnancy and their associations with ambient air pollution and temperature during preconception and early gestational periods

Hormones play critical roles in facilitating pregnancy progression and the onset of parturition. Several classes of environmental contaminants, including fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and ambient temperature, have been shown to alter hormone biosynthesis or activity. However, epidemiologic researc...

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Main Authors: Elena Colicino, Whitney Cowell, Nicolo Foppa Pedretti, Anu Joshi, Oulhote Youssef, Allan C. Just, Itai Kloog, Lauren Petrick, Megan Niedzwiecki, Robert O. Wright, Rosalind J. Wright
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-07-01
Series:Environment International
Subjects:
Maternal steroids
Air pollution
Temperature
Preconception exposure
Prenatal exposure
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412022002471

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