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NIH R01 · 2024

Air Pollution and Pregnancy Loss

Project Summary Miscarriage is the most common pregnancy complication in the United States, occurring in 15-20% of all clinically recognized pregnancies. It has devastating impacts on both parents, with elevated anxiety and depressive symptoms in the mother, and even post-traumatic stress disorder, lasting up to a year post-event. Identification of modifiable risk factors of pregnancy loss, thus, is of great public health importance. Ambient air pollution is an increasingly recognizable risk factor for pregnancy complications. Although some evidence exists linking air pollution to pregnancy loss, the need to identify pregnancy loss events through medical records is a large hurdle in…

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