Maternal exposure to air pollution during pregnancy increased neonates’ odds of low birth weight and being born small for gestational age, according to data in Environmental Research.
The findings expanded upon those reported in a University of California, San Francisco, study published in 2013, which used data on global pollution.
Researchers conducted a population-based study of an Israeli cohort to address “concern regarding the impact of particulate matter air pollution of the growth and development of fetuses,” Hagai Levine, MD, MPH, postdoctoral researcher in