Environmental Exposure during Pregnancy: Influence on Prenatal Development and Early Life: A Comprehensive Review

Hormones and endocrine-disrupting chemicals: low-dose effects and nonmonotonic dose responses

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Auditory and non-auditory effects of noise on health

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Neonatal Drug Withdrawal

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Updated Clinical Guidelines for Diagnosing Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders

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Cardiovascular effects of environmental noise exposure

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Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

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Global Prevalence of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Among Children and Youth

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Hazardous effects of chemical pesticides on human health–Cancer and other associated disorders

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Ambient Particle Inhalation and the Cardiovascular System: Potential Mechanisms

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The Changing Climate and Pregnancy Health

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The impact of environmental factors and contaminants on thyroid function and disease from fetal to adult life: current evidence and future directions

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Toxicity of microplastics and nanoplastics: invisible killers of female fertility and offspring health

Geng, Y., Liu, Z., Hu, R., Huang, Y., Li, F., Ma, W., Wu, X. W., Dong, H., Song, K., Xu, X., et al. (2023) · Frontiers in Physiology · doi:10.3389/fphys.2023.1254886 · Cited by 77

Environmental impact and human health risks of air pollutants near a large chemical/petrochemical complex: Case study in Tarragona, Spain

Rovira, J., Nadal, M., Schuhmacher, M., & Domingo, J. L. (2021) · The Science of The Total Environment · doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.147550 · Cited by 70

Metabolic effects of long-term cadmium exposure: an overview

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Prenatal and early life lead exposure induced neurotoxicity

Parithathvi, A., Choudhari, N., & Dsouza, H. S. (2024) · Human & Experimental Toxicology · doi:10.1177/09603271241285523 · Cited by 57

Iodine Deficiency, Maternal Hypothyroxinemia and Endocrine Disrupters Affecting Fetal Brain Development: A Scoping Review

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Cellular mechanisms linking to outdoor and indoor air pollution damage during pregnancy

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Effects of Pollution on Pregnancy and Infants

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Environmental Nanoparticles Reach Human Fetal Brains

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Environmental Xenobiotics and Epigenetic Modifications: Implications for Human Health and Disease

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Exposome and foetoplacental vascular dysfunction in gestational diabetes mellitus

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Gestational exposure to nanoplastics disrupts fetal development by promoting the placental aging via ferroptosis of syncytiotrophoblast

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Pregnancy-related maternal physiological adaptations and fetal chemical exposure

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Environment in Children’s Health: A New Challenge for Risk Assessment

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The influence of the dietary exposome on oxidative stress in pregnancy complications

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Nutritional, pharmacological, and environmental programming of NAFLD in early life

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The Intersection of Immigrant and Environmental Health: A Scoping Review of Observational Population Exposure and Epidemiologic Studies

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Prenatal exposure to bisphenol A and neonatal health outcomes: A systematic review

Guo, J., Liu, K., Yang, J., & Su, Y. (2023) · Environmental Pollution · doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122295 · Cited by 29

Maternal pesticide exposure and risk of preterm birth: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Lin, S., Li, J., Yan, X., Pei, L., & Shang, X. (2023) · Environment International · doi:10.1016/j.envint.2023.108043 · Cited by 34

Environmental exposure as a risk-modifying factor in liver diseases: Knowns and unknowns

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Maternal exposure to bisphenols, phthalates, perfluoroalkyl acids, and trace elements and their associations with gestational diabetes mellitus in the APrON cohort

Soomro, M. H., England-Mason, G., Reardon, A. J. F., Liu, J., MacDonald, A. M., Kinniburgh, D. W., Martin, J. W., & Dewey, D. (2024) · Reproductive Toxicology · doi:10.1016/j.reprotox.2024.108612 · Cited by 27

Zinc oxide nanoparticles induces cell death and consequently leading to incomplete neural tube closure through oxidative stress during embryogenesis

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Development and child health in a world of synthetic chemicals

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Maternal electronic cigarette use during pregnancy affects long-term arterial function in offspring

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Sex and Gender Differences on the Impact of Metabolism-Disrupting Chemicals on Obesity: A Systematic Review

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Effect of environmental air pollutants on placental function and pregnancy outcomes: a molecular insight

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Markers of Neuroinflammation in the Serum of Prepubertal Children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders

Fiore, M., Petrella, C., Coriale, G., Rosso, P., Fico, E., Ralli, M., Greco, A., VINCENTIIS, M. D., Minni, A., Polimeni, A., et al. (2021) · CNS & Neurological Disorders - Drug Targets · doi:10.2174/1871527320666211201154839 · Cited by 24

Outdoor Air Pollution and Pregnancy Loss: a Review of Recent Literature

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Dietary Impacts on Gestational Diabetes: Connection between Gut Microbiome and Epigenetic Mechanisms

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Nutrition paves the way to environmental toxicants and influences fetal development during pregnancy

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Environmental exposures and adverse pregnancy outcomes in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Demelash, H., Bogale, B., Hailu, A. B., & Mereta, S. T. (2023) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0288240 · Cited by 19

Health risk perceptions of household air pollution and perceived benefits of improved stoves among pregnant women in rural Ethiopia: a mixed method study

Demelash, H., Abebe, B., & Seid, T. (2023) · BMJ Open · doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2023-072328 · Cited by 20

Benzo[a]pyrene-induced multigenerational changes in gene expression, behavior, and DNA methylation are primarily influenced by paternal exposure

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Phthalate exposure during pregnancy and its association with thyroid hormones: A prospective cohort study

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Benzo(a)pyrene exposure in early life suppresses spermatogenesis in adult male zebrafish and association with the methylation of germ cell-specific genes

Xu, K., Gao, D., Lin, J., Dai, Q., Zhou, Q., Chen, Y., & Wang, C. (2023) · Aquatic Toxicology · doi:10.1016/j.aquatox.2023.106504 · Cited by 17

Prenatal Environmental Stressors and DNA Methylation Levels in Placenta and Peripheral Tissues of Mothers and Neonates Evaluated by Applying Artificial Neural Networks

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Prenatal exposures to endocrine disrupting chemicals: The role of multi-omics in understanding toxicity

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Evaluation of the bisphenol A-induced vascular toxicity on human umbilical artery

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The interaction of ER stress and autophagy in trophoblasts: navigating pregnancy outcome

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Eco-friendly paper-based colorimetric sensor for portable and rapid detection of lead (II) ions in aqueous environment

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Pre-gestational counselling for women living with CKD: starting from the bright side

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Early life adverse exposures in irritable bowel syndrome: new insights and opportunities

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DNA Replication proteins in primary microcephaly syndromes

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Impacts of heavy metal exposure on the prostate of murine models: Mechanisms of toxicity

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The relationship between hair metabolites, air pollution exposure and gestational diabetes mellitus: A longitudinal study from pre-conception to third trimester

Chen, X., Zhao, X. Y., Jones, M. B., Harper, A., de Seymour, J. V., Yang, Y., Xia, Y., Zhang, T., Qi, H., Gulliver, J., et al. (2022) · Frontiers in Endocrinology · doi:10.3389/fendo.2022.1060309 · Cited by 13

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) may explain the paradoxical effects of cigarette use on preeclampsia (PE)

Holme, J. A., Valen, H. R., Brinchmann, B. C., Vist, G. E., Grimsrud, T. K., Becher, R., Holme, A. M., Øvrevik, J., & Alexander, J. (2022) · Toxicology · doi:10.1016/j.tox.2022.153206 · Cited by 15

Pressures of the urban environment on the endocrine system: Adverse effects and adaptation

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Prenatal exposure to air pollutants and the risk of congenital heart disease: a Korean national health insurance database-based study

Jin, S., Yoon, S. Z., Choi, Y. J., Kang, G., & Choi, S. U. (2024) · Scientific Reports · doi:10.1038/s41598-024-63150-4 · Cited by 12

Mixture math: Deciding what to add in a cumulative risk assessment

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Urinary concentrations of heavy metals in pregnant women living near a petrochemical area according to the industrial activity

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Association between maternal metal exposure during early pregnancy and intelligence in children aged 3–6 years: Results from a Chinese birth cohort

Gu, J., Huang, H., Tang, P., Liao, Q., Liang, J., Tang, Y., Long, J., Chen, J., Huang, D., Liu, S., et al. (2024) · Environmental Research · doi:10.1016/j.envres.2024.119685 · Cited by 11

Adverse neurodevelopment in children associated with prenatal exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) – Possible roles of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and mechanisms involved

Holme, J. A., Myhre, O., & Øvrevik, J. (2024) · Reproductive Toxicology · doi:10.1016/j.reprotox.2024.108718 · Cited by 11

Association of prenatal exposure to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances with fetal growth trajectories.

Yang, Y., Teng, S., Lin, L., Li, W., Zhu, Z., Chen, T., Li, L., Peng, F., Peng, D., & Gao, X. (2025) · Environmental Research · doi:10.1016/j.envres.2025.121331 · Cited by 11

Expert consensus on the treatment of oral diseases in pregnant women and infants

Zhang, J., Zhou, C., Zheng, L., Wang, J., Xia, B., Zhao, W. G., Wei, X., Huang, Z., Chen, X., Ge, S., et al. (2025) · International Journal of Oral Science · doi:10.1038/s41368-025-00395-3 · Cited by 11

Devo-Aging: Intersections Between Development and Aging

Silva-García, C. G. (2023) · GeroScience · doi:10.1007/s11357-023-00809-2 · Cited by 14

Using Machine Learning to Expedite the Screening of Environmental Factors Associated with the Risk of Spontaneous Preterm Birth: From Exposure Mixtures to Key Molecular Events

Feng, Y., Su, S., Lin, W., Ren, M., Gao, N., Pan, B., Zhang, L., Jin, L., Zhang, Y., Li, Z., et al. (2023) · Environmental Science & Technology Letters · doi:10.1021/acs.estlett.3c00085 · Cited by 10

Parental occupations at birth and risk of adult testicular germ cell tumors in offspring: a French nationwide case–control study

Paul, A., Danjou, A. M. N., Deygas, F., Guth, M., Coste, A., Lefèvre, M., Dananché, B., Kromhout, H., Spinosi, J., Béranger, R., et al. (2024) · Frontiers in Public Health · doi:10.3389/fpubh.2023.1303998 · Cited by 10

Zinc oxide nanoparticles exposure disrupts brain redox-inflammatory-epigenetic axis and impairs PI3K/Akt survival pathway in male offspring

Al-Zahrani, N. S., Zafrah, H. A., Hassan, A. H., Nashar, E. M. E., & Henafy, H. M. A. E. (2025) · Metabolic Brain Disease · doi:10.1007/s11011-025-01699-3 · Cited by 10

Recent progress in neonatal hyperoxic lung injury

Rao, T., Zhou, Y., Chen, C., Chen, J., Zhang, J., Lin, W., & Jia, D. (2024) · Pediatric Pulmonology · doi:10.1002/ppul.27062 · Cited by 9

Advancing Maternal Transfer of Organic Pollutants across Reptiles for Conservation and Risk Assessment Purposes

Muñoz, C. C., Charles, S., & Vermeiren, P. (2024) · Environmental Science & Technology · doi:10.1021/acs.est.4c04668 · Cited by 9

Environmental Exposures and Child Neurodevelopment

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The silent crisis: investigating the impact of environmental pollutants on embryo-fetal development: a narrative review of the Group of Special Interest for Environment of the Italian Society of Fertility and Sterility and Reproductive Medicine

Alteri, A., Canosa, S., Nisio, A. D., Foresta, C., Pisaturo, V., on behalf of the Group of Special Interest for Environment of the Italian Society of Fertility, S., Paola, A., Alessandra, A., Carlo, A., Federica, B., et al. (2025) · Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics · doi:10.1007/s10815-025-03653-9 · Cited by 9

Consequences of the exposome to gestational diabetes mellitus

Rudge, M. V. C., Alves, F. C. B., Hallur, R. L. S., de Oliveira, R. G., Vega, S., Reyes, D. R. A., Floriano, J. F., Prudêncio, C. B., Garcia, G. A., Reis, F. V. D. S., et al. (2022) · Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects · doi:10.1016/j.bbagen.2022.130282 · Cited by 9

A review of single-cell transcriptomics and epigenomics studies in maternal and child health

Shu, C., Street, K., Breton, C. V., Bastain, T. M., & Wilson, M. L. (2024) · Epigenomics · doi:10.1080/17501911.2024.2343276 · Cited by 8

Sex Differences in Impacts of Early Gestational and Peri-Adolescent Ozone Exposure on Lung Development in Rats

Dye, J. A., Nguyen, H. H., Stewart, E. J., Schladweiler, M. C. J., & Miller, C. N. (2024) · American Journal Of Pathology · doi:10.1016/j.ajpath.2024.05.013 · Cited by 8

Impact of placental microplastics on birth anthropometrics: A cross-sectional study

Shen, Y., Ning, Y., Chen, F., Wang, X., Zheng, D., Sun, Y., Zhang, X., & Zhang, X. (2026) · Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety · doi:10.1016/j.ecoenv.2025.119572 · Cited by 8

Identification of novel polyhalogenated carbazoles in cord serum and their associations with fetal growth

Chen, Y., Lv, K., Li, J., & Jin, H. (2026) · Environmental Pollution · doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2026.128043 · Cited by 8

Influence of a concurrent exercise training program during pregnancy on the placenta mitochondrial DNA integrity and content of minerals with enzymatic relevance. The GESTAFIT project

Aparicio, V. A., Baena‐García, L., Sánchez‐González, C., Acosta‐Manzano, P., Varela‐López, A., & Quiles, J. L. (2023) · Placenta · doi:10.1016/j.placenta.2023.05.021 · Cited by 8

Prenatal Metal Exposure Alters the Placental Proteome in a Sex-Dependent Manner in Extremely Low Gestational Age Newborns: Links to Gestational Age

Freedman, A. N., Roell, K. R., Engwall, E., Bulka, C. M., Kuban, K., Herring, L. E., Mills, C. A., Parsons, P. J., Galusha, A. L., O’Shea, T. M., et al. (2023) · International Journal of Molecular Sciences · doi:10.3390/ijms241914977 · Cited by 8

The placenta in fetal death: molecular evidence of dysregulation of inflammatory, proliferative, and fetal protective pathways

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Association of Prenatal Dietary Toxicants and Inorganic Arsenic Exposure with Children’s Emotional and Behavioral Problems: ECLIPSES Study

Kou, X., Canals, J., Bulló, M., Becerra‐Tomás, N., Jardí, C., & Arija, V. (2024) · Toxics · doi:10.3390/toxics12060398 · Cited by 7

Development and Outcomes of Returning Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Exposure Results in the Washington Heights, NYC Community

Riley, K. W., Burke, K. R., Dixon, H. M., Holmes, D., Calero, L., Barton, M., Miller, R. L., Bramer, L., Waters, K. M., Anderson, K. A., et al. (2024) · Environmental Health Insights · doi:10.1177/11786302241262604 · Cited by 7

The Flourishing Child: Understanding how Adults and Children Perceive Flourishing from the Start of Life

Davis, J. A., Davey, B., Segers, E., Talati, Z., Silva, D. T., Prescott, S. L., & Gibson, L. Y. (2025) · International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology · doi:10.1007/s41042-024-00213-x · Cited by 9

Association Between Sleep Quality and Duration During Pregnancy and Risk of Infant Being Small for Gestational Age: Prospective Birth Cohort Study

Zhu, H., Liu, X.-C., Wei, M., Gao, R., Liu, X., Li, X., Liu, X., & Chen, W. (2024) · Healthcare · doi:10.3390/healthcare12232400 · Cited by 6

Association analysis of maternal exposure to air pollution during pregnancy and offspring asthma incidence

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