Residential greenness and birth outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies

CY Hu, XJ Yang, SY Gui, K Ding, K Huang, Y Fang… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background The amount of natural vegetation surrounding homes (residential greenness)
has been proposed as a mitigation measure to buffer the adverse health effects of urban …

Green space and health in mainland China: a systematic review

H Rahimi-Ardabili, T Astell-Burt, PY Nguyen… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) have become a major cause of premature mortality
and disabilities in China due to factors concomitant with rapid economic growth and …

Health outcomes of urban green space in China: Evidence from Beijing

L Wu, SK Kim - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2021 - Elsevier
Despite the widely acknowledged benefits of urban green space on human health, few
studies have holistically investigated residents of urban areas in China. Relying on citywide …

[HTML][HTML] Exposure to natural environments during pregnancy and birth outcomes in 11 European birth cohorts

MT Toda, D Avraam, TJ Cadman, S Fossati… - Environment …, 2022 - Elsevier
Research suggests that maternal exposure to natural environments (ie, green and blue
spaces) promotes healthy fetal growth. However, the available evidence is heterogeneous …

Effects of PM2.5 and its constituents on hemoglobin during the third trimester in pregnant women

G Xie, J Yue, W Yang, L Yang, M Xu, L Sun… - … Science and Pollution …, 2022 - Springer
Anemia has been a public health issue evoking global concern, and the low hemoglobin
(Hb) concentration links to adverse pregnancy outcomes. However, the associations of PM2 …

[HTML][HTML] Exposure to outdoor residential noise during pregnancy, embryonic size, fetal growth, and birth outcomes

N Graafland, E Essers, A Posthumus, D Gootjes… - Environment …, 2023 - Elsevier
Introduction Previous literature suggested that noise exposure during pregnancy was not
associated with adverse birth outcomes. However, no studies evaluated the association …

[HTML][HTML] Maternal greenness exposure and preterm birth in Brazil: A nationwide birth cohort study

T Ye, R Xu, MJ Abramson, Y Guo, Y Zhang… - Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
In the dynamic landscape of maternal and child health, understanding the intricate interplay
between environmental factors and pregnancy outcomes is of paramount importance. This …

The adverse impact of maternal ozone exposure on fetal growth in utero and the interaction with residential greenness

Y Zhu, Y Ma, L Tang, H Li, C Miao, H Cao… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
This study aimed to investigate the effect of maternal ozone exposure on fetal growth during
pregnancy, as well as the combined effect and interaction of ozone and residential …

Surrounding greenness is associated with lower risk and burden of low birth weight in Iran

S Luo, Y Wang, F Mayvaneh, H Relvas… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The nexus between prenatal greenspace exposure and low birth weight (LBW) remains
largely unstudied in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). We investigated a …

Mother-level random effect in the association between PM2. 5 and fetal growth: a population-based pregnancy cohort

WA Ahmad, R Nirel, R Golan, M Jolles, I Kloog… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background A growing body of literature reports associations between exposure to
particulate matter with diameter≤ 2.5 μm (PM 2.5) during pregnancy and birth outcomes …