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20336577

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-3-25
pubmed:abstractText
In recent years, numerous studies showed that exposure to environmental air pollutants affected reproductive functions and, in particular, produced adverse effects on pregnancy outcomes, fertility, and fetal health. Epidemiological studies demonstrated that exposure to ambient levels of air pollutants are associated with low birth weight, intrauterine growth retardation, prematurity, neonatal death, and decreased fertility in males. Experimental animal data supported these findings and indicated that female fertility was also disturbed. Although there are various mechanisms of action suggested to show the manner in which air pollutants alter pregnancy and the reproductive systems in both genders, further studies are needed to correlate causal relationships. This information would serve to better understand the underlying physiologic changes in the reproductive system induced by exposure to air pollutants and possibly establish a link between the dose and response of individual or mixture of air pollutants.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1521-6950
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Air pollution and effects on reproductive-system functions globally with particular emphasis on the Brazilian population.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratório de Poluição Atmosférica Experimental (LIM05), Departamento de Patologia Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't