Knowledge Summary 22: Reaching Child Brides [PDF]
, 2012 Child marriage affects 10 million girls under the age of 18 every year. The negative health and social impact of child marriage include higher rates of maternal and infant mortality, sexually transmitted infection, social separation, and domestic abuse
Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health
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The impact of HIV exposure and maternal Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection on infant immune responses to bacille Calmette-Guérin vaccination. [PDF]
, 2015 OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study is to assess the effect of maternal HIV and Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection on cellular responses to bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) immunization. DESIGN: A mother-infant cohort study.
Kampmann, B +29 more
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Exposure to moderate air pollution during late pregnancy and cord blood cytokine secretion in healthy neonates. [PDF]
, 2011 Ambient air pollution can alter cytokine concentrations as shown in vitro and following short-term exposure to high air pollution levels in vivo. Exposure to pollution during late pregnancy has been shown to affect fetal lymphocytic immunophenotypes ...
Jakob Armann +21 more
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Maternal tobacco, cannabis and alcohol use during pregnancy and risk of adolescent psychotic symptoms in offspring [PDF]
, 2009 Background Adverse effects of maternal substance use during pregnancy on fetal development may increase risk of psychopathology. Aims To examine whether maternal use of tobacco, cannabis or alcohol during pregnancy increases risk of offspring ...
David Gunnell +20 more
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Maternal smoking during pregnancy and appetite control in offspring [PDF]
, 2003 Aims: Intrauterine exposure to tobacco smoke products has been associated with long-term neurobehavioral effects. Modified appetite control might explain the recently observed association between maternal smoking during pregnancy and obesity in offspring.
Ehlin, A G C +13 more
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Eggshell appearance does not signal maternal corticosterone exposure in Japanese quail: an experimental study with brown-spotted eggs [PDF]
, 2013 Reproduction is a critical period for birds as they have to cope with many stressful events. One consequence of an acute exposure to stress is the release of corticosterone, the avian stress hormone.
Ivan Mikšík (492331) +30 more
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Parental smoking and children's respiratory health: independent effects of prenatal and postnatal exposure. [PDF]
, 2006 OBJECTIVES: Adverse effects have been reported of prenatal and/or postnatal passive exposure to smoking on children's health. Uncertainties remain about the relative importance of smoking at different periods in the child's life. We investigate this in a
Hruba, F. +29 more
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Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2023 IntroductionPorphyromonas gingivalis (P. gingivalis), a major periodontal pathogen, causes intrauterine infection/inflammation. Offspring exposed to intrauterine infection/inflammation have an increased risk of neurological disorders, regardless of ...
Eri Ishida +9 more
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Maternal nutritional status, C1 metabolism and offspring DNA methylation: a review of current evidence in human subjects. [PDF]
, 2011 : Evidence is growing for the long-term effects of environmental factors during early-life on later disease susceptibility. It is believed that epigenetic mechanisms (changes in gene function not mediated by DNA sequence alteration), particularly DNA ...
Dominguez Salas, Paula +19 more
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JCRPE, 2021 Objective:Bisphenol A (BPA) is a known endocrine disruptor and free BPA will interact with estrogen. BPA is also fat soluble and will therefore contaminate breast milk.
Seda Çiftçi +2 more
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