Maternal and Child Health Impacts of Environmental Exposures
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2021) | Viewed by 21101
Special Issue Editors
Interests: environmental epidemiology; reproductive health; perinatal health; child neurodevelopment; maternal and child health; air pollution; persistent organic pollutants; metals; biomarker-based epidemiology
Interests: environmental epidemiology; children’s environmental health; immunotoxicology; child neurodevelopment; persistent organic pollutants; metals; biomarker-based epidemiology
Interests: environmental exposures; urban characteristics; biomarkers; environmental epidemiology; environmental health; risk perception; neuropsychological development
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are organizing a Special Issue related to Maternal and Child Health Impacts of Environmental Exposures in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH). The focus of this Special Issue is on epidemiologic associations between environmental exposures and maternal and child health outcomes. Environmental exposures of interest include, but are not limited to: air pollution, noise, the built environment, persistent and non-persistent chemical toxicants, endocrine disrupting chemicals, and metals. Though we will accept high quality studies investigating the range of maternal and child health outcomes, we are especially interested in studies investigating: maternal complications during pregnancy, fetal growth, preterm birth, child neurodevelopment, and immune function. We are also particularly interested in studies that address novel exposure—outcome associations or utilize cutting-edge methods to overcome limitations common in the field, such as:
- The role of environment in maternal and child health inequities;
- The complex interplay between chemical and non-chemical stressors;
- The impact of exposure mixtures;
- Exposome-based exposure assessment;
- Identification of sensitive windows of vulnerability;
Dr. Kristina W. Whitworth
Dr. Todd A. Jusko
Dr. Jesús Ibarluzea
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Environmental epidemiology
- Maternal and child health
- Perinatal epidemiology
- Fetal growth
- Child physical development
- Child neurodevelopment
- Immune function
- Exposure mixtures
- Exposome
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