The Science of the total environment
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Sci. Total Environ. · Dec 2017
Randomized Controlled TrialHousehold air pollution and angiogenic factors in pregnant Nigerian women: A randomized controlled ethanol cookstove intervention.
Maternal exposure to ambient air pollution affects placental growth markers. ⋯ Maternal levels of PlGF and cord blood levels of sFlt-1 and PlGF in Nigerian women with varying HAP exposures were significantly higher than Chicago-based women who had no presumed HAP exposure. It suggests that in-utero exposure to HAP influenced levels of angiogenic factors involved in normal placentation and growth and could represent compensation for pollutants exposure to preserve fetal viability.