Exposures to Airborne Particulate Matter and Adverse Perinatal Outcomes: A Biologically Plausible Mechanistic Framework for Exploring Potential Effect Modification by Nutrition

• Published in: Environmental health perspectives Vol. 114; no. 11; pp. 1636 - 1642
• Main Authors: Kannan, Srimathi, Misra, Dawn P., Dvonch, J. Timothy, Krishnakumar, Ambika
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. National Institutes of Health. Department of Health, Education and Welfare 01.11.2006; National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
• Subjects: Academic conferences; Air Pollutants - toxicity; Air pollution; Commentaries & Reviews; Diet; Dose response relationship; Effect Modifier, Epidemiologic; Email; Environmental Exposure - adverse effects; Environmental health; Environmental policy; Facsimiles; Female; Hormesis; Humans; Infants (Premature); International conferences; Internet; Particulate Matter - toxicity; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Outcome; Prenatal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; Public health; Review

Objectives: The specific objectives are threefold: to describe the biologically plausible mechanistic pathways by which exposure to particulate matter (PM) may lead to the adverse perinatal outcomes of low birth weight (LBW), intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR), and preterm delivery (PTD); review...