Prenatal Ozone Exposure and Reduced Brain Volume in Infants: A Nationwide Population-Based Study
exposure on brain morphology, as birth weight accounted for only 3.47% to 3.54% of the total effect. Our findings underscore the imperative for stricter air quality regulations to protect pregnant individuals and mitigate potential neurodevelopmental impairment originating as early as the fetal stage.
Authors
- Le Su (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2810-1703)
- Wei Zhou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5116-9461)
- Jing Wan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9183-477X)
- Qi Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8776-8730)
- Lukun Tang
- Juan Tang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8752-125X)
- Qingqing Tao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-9279-5206)
- Zhaoqing Yin
- Lunyu Qu
- Weineng Lu
- Tianyi Zhou
- Deyi Zhuang
- for the China Neonatal Neuro-Critical Care Network Group
- Xinyu Jiang
- Chunmei Lu
Institutions
- General Electric (Spain) (ES)
- Peking University (CN)
- Kunming Medical University (CN)
- Nenagh Hospital (IE)
- Chinese PLA General Hospital (CN)
- Guangzhou Women and Children Medical Center (CN)
- Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Health and Family Planning (CN)
- Guangxi Maternal and Child Health Hospital (CN)
- Materials Research & Design (United States) (US)
- Children's Hospital of Fudan University (CN)
- Children’s Hospital of Fudan University Xiamen Branch (CN)
- Southern Medical University (CN)
- Guangzhou Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Environmental Science & Technology
- Published
- 2026-04-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.6c00776
- Primary Topic
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- National Key Research and Development Program of China