Gestational and Neonatal Outcomes in Cities in the Largest Coal Mining Region in Brazil

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ID15467503
AuthorsRenata Dupont Soares (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande), Marina dos Santos (0000-0002-6689-6685, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande), Fernando Rafael de Moura (0000-0002-4075-4013, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande), Ana Luiza Muccillo-Baisch (0000-0002-9475-6698, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande), Paulo Roberto Martins Baisch (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande), Maria Cristina F Soares (0000-0002-1774-2081, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande), Flávio Manoel R Da Silva Júnior (0000-0002-7344-4679, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume19
Issue19
Pages12107-12107
Publication date2022-09-24
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph191912107
PMID36231407
OpenAlexW4297235856
LanguageEN
References cited47

Brazil has one of the largest mineral coal reserves in the world. More than 40% of this ore is in the Candiota Mine, in the extreme south of Brazil, which was previously identified as a hotspot of environmental pollution. In addition, an important part of Brazil's population suffers from socioeconomic vulnerability. Since there is no information on unfavorable gestational and neonatal outcomes associated with these problems, we conducted a cross-sectional study with 1950 mother-child binomials, aiming to evaluate the association between these outcomes and air pollution as well as socioeconomic, demographic and health variables in seven cities in the region. Of the total births, 11.6% were preterm and 9.5% of neonates had low birth weight ( 10 ) during the first trimester of pregnancy. Regarding air pollutants, although the daily limits for PM 10 were exceeded on less than 5% of days, the annual average overtook the values proposed by WHO. Thus, we concluded that prematurity and low birth weight in this region are related to air pollution, and to socioeconomic variables and health care

Archaeology · Biology · Coal · Coal mining · Environmental health · Geography · Gestational age · Pregnancy · Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity · Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare · Medicine · Mercury impact and mitigation studies

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