Association of air purifier usage during pregnancy with adverse birth outcomes: the Japan Environment and Children’s Study
Our results suggest that avoiding maternal air pollution exposure during pregnancy may be useful in preventing adverse birth outcomes. These findings provide evidence supporting the development of protective measures against air pollutants in the gestational period by relevant health agencies.
Authors
- Zentaro Yamagata (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4317-3721)
- Nobuo Yaegashi
- Masayuki Shima (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8783-7879)
- Hidekuni Inadera (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3548-221X)
- Yukihiro Ohya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1560-3942)
- Koichi Hashimoto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7186-7603)
- Reiko Kishi
- Takeo Nakayama (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7918-6252)
- Haruka Kasamatsu
- Akiko Tsuchida (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1209-3104)
- K Shimada
- Narufumi Suganuma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1610-6216)
- Seiji Kageyama (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5220-6137)
- Michihiro Kamijima (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0670-8790)
- Tomotaka Sobue
- Kenta Matsumura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4271-1543)
- Shuichi Ito (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5242-8987)
- Takahiko Katoh
- Shoichi Ohga
- Shin Yamazaki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2309-2425)
- Akiko Kitase
Institutions
- University of Toyama (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2024-12-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-20802-4
- Primary Topic
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan