Maternal Exposure

"Maternal Exposure" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Exposure of the female parent, human or animal, to potentially harmful chemical, physical, or biological agents in the environment or to environmental factors that may include ionizing radiation, pathogenic organisms, or toxic chemicals that may affect offspring. It includes pre-conception maternal exposure.

Descriptor ID	D018811
MeSH Number(s)	N06.850.460.350.145
Concept/Terms	Maternal Exposure Maternal Exposure Exposure, Maternal Exposures, Maternal Maternal Exposures

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Health Care [N]
Environment and Public Health [N06]
Public Health [N06.850]
Environmental Pollution [N06.850.460]
Environmental Exposure [N06.850.460.350]
Maternal Exposure [N06.850.460.350.145]

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Bar chart showing 49 publications over 20 distinct years, with a maximum of 6 publications in 2024

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2000	1	0	1
2002	0	2	2
2006	1	0	1
2007	0	1	1
2008	1	0	1
2009	1	0	1
2010	2	1	3
2011	2	1	3
2012	1	2	3
2013	1	0	1
2014	3	0	3
2015	4	1	5
2016	2	0	2
2017	2	0	2
2018	1	1	2
2020	2	2	4
2021	0	2	2
2022	0	1	1
2024	1	5	6
2025	5	0	5

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Saleem A, Volz A, Mondal T, Loffredo CA, Trnovec T, Murinova LP, Conka K, Drobna B, Ghosh S. Exploring the associations between prenatal PCB exposures and gene expression: Observations from a study of newborn Slovak infants. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf. 2025 Oct 01; 304:119059.

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Friedman A, Welch BM, Keil AP, Bloom MS, Braun JM, Buckley JP, Dabelea D, Factor-Litvak P, Meeker JD, Michels KB, Padmanabhan V, Starling AP, Weinberg CR, Aalborg J, Alshawabkeh AN, Barrett ES, Binder AM, Bradman A, Bush NR, Calafat AM, Cantonwine DE, Christenbury KE, Cordero JF, Engel SM, Eskenazi B, Harley KG, Hauser R, Herbstman JB, Holland N, James-Todd T, Jukic AMZ, Lanphear BP, McElrath TF, Messerlian C, Newman RB, Nguyen RHN, O'Brien KM, Rauh VA, Redmon JB, Rich DQ, Rosen EM, Sathyanarayana S, Schmidt RJ, Sparks AE, Swan SH, Wang C, Watkins DJ, Weinberger B, Wenzel AG, Wilcox AJ, Yolton K, Zhang Y, Zota AR, Ferguson KK. Periods of susceptibility for associations between phthalate exposure and preterm birth: Results from a pooled analysis of 16 US cohorts. Environ Int. 2025 Apr; 198:109392.

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Perez C, Sehgal N, Eick SM, Barr DB, Panuwet P, Yakimavets V, Chen K, Shankar K, Pearson KJ, Andres A, Everson TM. Sex-specific effects of in utero exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances on placental development. Environ Res. 2025 Apr 01; 270:120868.

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Everson TM, Sehgal N, Campbell K, Barr DB, Panuwet P, Yakimavets V, Chen K, Perez C, Shankar K, Eick SM, Pearson KJ, Andres A. Placental PFAS concentrations are associated with perturbations of placental DNA methylation. Environ Pollut. 2025 Mar 01; 368:125737.

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Ibrahimou B, Burchfield S, Sun N. PM2.5 Speciation Chemicals and Neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RDS): Uncovering the Interactions of Maternal Health, Environmental Metal Pollutants, and Sociodemographic Factors. J Occup Environ Med. 2025 May 01; 67(5):322-329.

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Raheel H, Sinharoy S, Diaz-Artiga A, Garg SS, Pillarisetti A, Balakrishnan K, Chiang M, Lovvorn A, Kirby M, Ramakrishnan U, Jabbarzadeh S, Mukeshimana A, Johnson M, McCracken JP, Naeher LP, Rosa G, Wang J, Rosenthal J, Checkley W, Clasen TF, Peel JL, Thompson LM. Effects of a liquefied petroleum gas stove and fuel intervention on head circumference and length at birth: A multi-country household air pollution intervention network (HAPIN) trial. Environ Int. 2025 Jan; 195:109211.

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Walayat A, Hosseini M, Nepal C, Li Y, Chen W, Chen Z, Huang X, Shao XM, Zhang L, Wang C, Xiao D. Maternal e-cigarette exposure alters DNA methylome, site-specific CpG and CH methylation, and transcriptomic signatures in the neonatal brain. Sci Rep. 2024 10 16; 14(1):24263.

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Sturla Irizarry SM, Cathey AL, Zimmerman E, Rosario Pab?n ZY, Huerta Monta?ez G, V?lez Vega CM, Alshawabkeh AN, Cordero JF, Meeker JD, Watkins DJ. Prenatal polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon exposure and neurodevelopment among children in Puerto Rico. Chemosphere. 2024 Oct; 366:143468.

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Ganguly A, Ghosh S, Jin P, Wadehra M, Devaskar SU. Omega-3 reverses the metabolic and epigenetically regulated placental phenotype acquired from preconceptional and peri-conceptional exposure to air pollutants. J Nutr Biochem. 2024 12; 134:109735.

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Ganguly A, Ghosh S, Shin BC, Touma M, Wadehra M, Devaskar SU. Gestational exposure to air pollutants perturbs metabolic and placenta-fetal phenotype. Reprod Toxicol. 2024 09; 128:108657.

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