Introduction to the Special Issue of IJERPH Entitled "Prenatal Exposure to Environmental Pollutants and Other Stressors: Impacts on Fetal Development, Birth Outcomes, Children's Health and Beyond"

Halina B Röllin

doi:10.3390/ijerph19148816

Introduction to the Special Issue of IJERPH Entitled "Prenatal Exposure to Environmental Pollutants and Other Stressors: Impacts on Fetal Development, Birth Outcomes, Children's Health and Beyond"

Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Jul 20;19(14):8816. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19148816.

Author

Halina B Röllin¹

Affiliation

¹ Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Health Systems and Public Health, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0001, South Africa.

Abstract

Environmental pollution is a major cause of global diseases, death and disability, with a toll greater than that caused by communicable diseases, such as HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis, combined [...].

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Child
Child Health
Environmental Exposure / adverse effects
Environmental Pollutants* / analysis
Environmental Pollutants* / toxicity
Female
Fetal Development
Humans
Pregnancy
Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects* / epidemiology

Substances

Environmental Pollutants

Grants and funding

This research received no external funding.