Influence of the Urban Exposome on Birth Weight.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The exposome is defined as the totality of environmental exposures from conception onwards. It calls for providing a holistic view of environmental exposures and their effects on human health by evaluating multiple environmental exposures simultaneously during critical periods of life.

Objective

We evaluated the association of the urban exposome with birth weight.

Methods

We estimated exposure to the urban exposome, including the built environment, air pollution, road traffic noise, meteorology, natural space, and road traffic (corresponding to 24 environmental indicators and 60 exposures) for nearly 32,000 pregnant women from six European birth cohorts. To evaluate associations with either continuous birth weight or term low birth weight (TLBW) risk, we pr

SUBMITTER: Nieuwenhuijsen MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6785228 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature