Epidemiological Study Progress on Impact of Air Pollution on Preterm Delivery and Low Birth Weight / 环境与健康杂志

ABSTRACT

The association between the adverse pregnancy outcome and the exposure to air pollutants has recently become a major concern.The researches on the relationship between air pollutants and preterm delivery and low birth weight need to be further studied.This paper reviewed the epidemiological studies on the impact of air pollutants(PM10,CO,NO2,SO2 etc) on preterm delivery and low birth weight,aimed to provide some references for the control of air pollution and the occurrence of adverse pregnancy outcome and the further study on the mechanism.