A protocol for estimating health burden posed by early life exposure to ambient fine particulate matter and its heavy metal composition: a mother–child birth (ELitE) cohort from Central India
This manuscript describes the protocol for an Indian mother-child air pollution birth cohort study that aims to generate comprehensive evidence regarding the adverse effects of early-life (i.e., both pre- and post-natal) exposure to air PM and its constituent heavy metals among Indian children. This study will provide an epidemiological basis for further understanding in this context. Finally, by reporting our carefully planned study methods/outcome measures, which are comparable to those of published and ongoing birth cohorts, we aim to serve as the starting point for similar cohorts in the future, which, when considered together, would generate enough evidence to facilitate context-specific policy-making and development of appropriate prevention and mitigation strategies.
Authors
- Sagnik Dey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0604-0869)
- Rajesh Ahirwar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3406-7436)
- Vishal Diwan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7948-8579)
- Suchitra Surve (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8326-0059)
- Tanwi Trushna (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4183-7742)
- Yogesh Sabde (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1787-2553)
- Vikas Yadav (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0435-3386)
- Rajnarayan Tiwari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4676-9603)
- Uday Kumar Mandal
- Dharma Raj (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1974-9527)
- Sindhuprava Rana (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2131-2017)
Institutions
- National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health (IN)
- National Institute of Epidemiology (IN)
- National Center for Environmental Assessment (EPA) (US)
- Institute of Bioinformatics (IN)
- ICMR National Institute for Research in Environmental Health
- Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IN)
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Public Health
- Published
- 2025-05-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1485417
- Primary Topic
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Indian Council of Medical Research