Air pollution and fetal deaths

• Grant number: 22/16153-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: February 01, 2023
• End date: October 31, 2025
• Field of knowledge: Health Sciences - Collective Health - Epidemiology
• Principal Investigator: Nelson da Cruz Gouveia
• Grantee: Rafael Junqueira Buralli
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Medicina (FM). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 16/07765-0 - Fetal deaths: challenges for knowledge and intervention, AP.TEM

Abstract

Several recent studies have investigated the possible adverse effects of air pollution on pregnancy. Studies in both humans and animals indicate that air pollutants may increase the risk of intrauterine growth retardation, low birth weight, preterm delivery, and birth defects, which in turn are factors that affect infant mortality and morbidity. Currently, in large urban centers, vehicular traffic is the main responsible for environmental concentrations of atmospheric pollution. Different indicators have been used to estimate the impact of air pollution on health. In this project, concentrations of pollutants measured by CETESB, estimates obtained from satellite readings and indicators related to vehicular traffic will be used. These indicators will have their impact on fetal death evaluated using logistic regression models.

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

BURALLI, RAFAEL JUNQUEIRA; DA SILVA, ZILDA PEREIRA; ALENCAR, GIZELTON PEREIRA; FIGUEIREDO, GERUSA MARIA; HOSHIDA, MARA SANDRA; LUNA, EXPEDITO J. A.; PASTRO, LUCIANA DUZOLINA MANFRE; DOS SANTOS, OSMARA ALVES; MARQUES, LAYS JANAINA PRAZERES; ZERBINATI, RODRIGO MELIM; et al. Assessing the risks for stillbirth in São Paulo, Brazil: protocol for a multidisciplinary case-control study - FetRisks. BMJ OPEN, v. 14, n. 6, p. 10-pg., 2024-06-01. (20/05458-9, 22/16153-0, 16/07765-0, 22/13271-1)