Environmental Exposures in Reproductive and Children's Health
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Reproductive Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2022) | Viewed by 10229
Special Issue Editors
2. Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Medical University of Lodz, 90-419 Lodz, Poland
Interests: environmental exposure; pregnancy; birth outcomes; child health; child neurodevelopment
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are organizing a Special Issue on “Environmental Exposures in Reproductive and Children’s Health” in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.
Despite great progress in fetal and neonatal medicine we still experience on-going epidemics of several negative pregnancy outcomes. Preterm birth, intrauterine growth restriction, and birth defects are still common. On the other hand, a substantial proportion of couples have a problem with conceiving often due to unexplained medical causes. Poor sperm quality is known as one of the reasons and recently, also poor ovarian reserve has been brought to our attention as a possible factor. Nowadays, more and more attention is paid to the long-term effects of environmental exposures during pregnancy, which can be manifested in childhood, adolescence, adult life, and even in the next generation.
In prevention of all these health conditions, it is important to recognize and properly control environmental risks. Some of them, like lead, mercury, solvents, and air pollutants (including passive smoke exposure), have been known for a long time. Others, like specific phthalates and phenols, have been recently more frequently investigated. However, still further research is needed to assess the risks in a community.
We invite investigators with interest in the topic of environmental hazards to reproduction and children’s health to contribute to our Special Issue. We hope that our common effort will contribute to the identification and ultimately elimination of environmental hazards that pose a threat to reproduction and might influence health of offspring.
Prof. Dr. Kinga Polańska
Prof. Dr. Wojciech Hanke
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- environmental hazards
- prenatal exposure
- poor pregnancy outcomes
- intrauterine growth restriction
- low sperm quality
- low ovarian reserve
- children’s health
- neurodevelopmental outcomes
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