Lillian Tamburic

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a systematic review of the literature on associations between exposure to ambient air pollution and adverse pregnancy outcomes, concluding that evidence is sufficient to support a causal association between ambient concentrations of particulate matter and LBW, but evidence of effects for other pollutants and for other outcomes such as preterm birth is less robust.

TL;DR: A statistically significantly increased risk of asthma diagnosis with increased early life exposure to CO, NO, NO2, PM10, SO2, and black carbon is observed and the hypothesis that early childhood exposure to air pollutants plays a role in development of asthma is supported.

TL;DR: Maternal exposure to particulate pollution was associated with LBW at term across study populations and three site characteristics and aspects of exposure assessment methodology appeared to contribute to the variation in associations reported by centers.

TL;DR: Increased residential greenness was associated with beneficial birth outcomes in this population-based cohort and these associations did not change after adjusting for other spatially correlated built environment factors, suggesting that alternative pathways may underlie associations between Residential greenness and birth outcomes.

TL;DR: Long-term exposure to traffic-related fine particulate air pollution, indicated by black carbon, may partly explain the observed associations between exposure to road traffic and adverse cardiovascular outcomes.