 Maternal Exposure
"Maternal Exposure" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Exposure of the female parent, human or animal, to potentially harmful chemical, physical, or biological agents in the environment or to environmental factors that may include ionizing radiation, pathogenic organisms, or toxic chemicals that may affect offspring. It includes pre-conception maternal exposure.
| Descriptor ID |
D018811
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| MeSH Number(s) |
N06.850.460.350.145
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| Concept/Terms |
Maternal Exposure- Maternal Exposure
- Exposure, Maternal
- Exposures, Maternal
- Maternal Exposures
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2008 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2009 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2010 | 4 | 1 | 5 | | 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2014 | 3 | 3 | 6 | | 2015 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2017 | 5 | 3 | 8 | | 2018 | 13 | 2 | 15 | | 2019 | 8 | 0 | 8 | | 2020 | 3 | 3 | 6 | | 2021 | 2 | 4 | 6 | | 2022 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 2023 | 2 | 3 | 5 | | 2024 | 4 | 6 | 10 | | 2025 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Maternal Exposure" by people in Profiles.
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Mandala A, Undi RB, Janssen RC, Sugino KY, Zhao W, Nelson BN, Teague AM, Patil NY, Zemsky Berry K, Varshney R, Bergman BC, Rudolph MC, Joshi AD, Rajala RVS, Jonscher KR, Friedman JE. Reprogramming offspring liver health: maternal indole supplementation as a preventive strategy against MASLD. EBioMedicine. 2026 Jan; 123:106098.
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Kaplan JR, Dabelea D, Calafat AM, Adgate JL, Starling AP. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances serum concentrations during pregnancy and gestational weight gain in the Healthy Start Study. Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2026 Mar; 272:114735.
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Wilburn AN, Korkmaz RÜ, McAlees JW, Hargis JM, Shirdel S, Lingel I, Watanabe-Chailland M, Romick-Rosendale L, Schmudde I, Bridges JP, Chougnet CA, Deshmukh H, Zacharias WJ, Köhl J, Konig P, Laumonnier Y, Rothenberg M, Haslam DB, Lewkowich IP. Maternal antibiotic exposure-mediated alterations in basal, and allergen-induced lung function are associated with altered recruitment of eosinophils to the developing lung. Front Immunol. 2025; 16:1715675.
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Maxwell L, Gilyan R, Chavan SA, Akter S, Bhatt M, Cunningham SA, Jaenisch T. The landscape of pregnancy and prepregnancy cohorts: a scoping review. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2025 Oct 28; 25(1):1146.
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Bulka CM, Quiros-Alcala L, Xun X, O'Shea TM, Braun JM, Ames JL, Hipwell AE, Chatzi VL, Padula AM, Dabelea D, Starling A, Dunlop AL, Liang D, Schantz S, Shin HM, Oh J, Schmidt RJ, Lu K, O'Connor TG, Fry RC. Prenatal exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances: Association with child behavior in the environmental influences on child health outcomes (ECHO) Cohort. Environ Int. 2025 Sep; 203:109760.
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Oh J, Quirós-Alcalá L, Li X, Kannan K, Lyu W, Avalos LA, Barrett ES, Bastain TM, Buckley JP, Cintora P, Croen LA, Dunlop AL, Ghassabian A, Habre R, Herbstman JB, Hernandez-Castro I, Hertz-Picciotto I, Liang D, McEvoy CT, O'Connor TG, Sathyanarayana S, Schantz SL, Schmidt RJ, Schweitzer JB, Starling AP, Volk HE, Woodbury ML, Woodruff TJ, Zhao Q, Zhu Y, Bennett DH. Prenatal exposure to organophosphate ester flame retardants and behavioral outcomes in early childhood in the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) cohort. Environ Int. 2025 Aug; 202:109649.
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Friedman A, Welch BM, Keil AP, Bloom MS, Braun JM, Buckley JP, Dabelea D, Factor-Litvak P, Meeker JD, Michels KB, Padmanabhan V, Starling AP, Weinberg CR, Aalborg J, Alshawabkeh AN, Barrett ES, Binder AM, Bradman A, Bush NR, Calafat AM, Cantonwine DE, Christenbury KE, Cordero JF, Engel SM, Eskenazi B, Harley KG, Hauser R, Herbstman JB, Holland N, James-Todd T, Jukic AMZ, Lanphear BP, McElrath TF, Messerlian C, Newman RB, Nguyen RHN, O'Brien KM, Rauh VA, Redmon JB, Rich DQ, Rosen EM, Sathyanarayana S, Schmidt RJ, Sparks AE, Swan SH, Wang C, Watkins DJ, Weinberger B, Wenzel AG, Wilcox AJ, Yolton K, Zhang Y, Zota AR, Ferguson KK. Periods of susceptibility for associations between phthalate exposure and preterm birth: Results from a pooled analysis of 16 US cohorts. Environ Int. 2025 Apr; 198:109392.
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Bloom MS, Upadhyaya S, Nzegwu AW, Kuiper JR, Buckley JP, Aschner J, Barr D, Barrett ES, Bennett DH, Dabelea D, Dunlop AL, Fuller A, Karagas M, Liang D, Meeker J, Miller R, O'Connor TG, Romano ME, Sathyanarayana S, Starling AP, Stroustrup A, Watkins DJ. Racial and ethnic differences in prenatal exposure to environmental phenols and parabens in the ECHO Cohort. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol. 2025 Nov; 35(6):992-1002.
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Mills A, Dakhlallah D, Ranpara A, Goldsmith WT, Chantler PD, Huang YW, Boyd J, Olfert IM. Pregnancy and Postpartum Effects of Electronic Cigarettes on Maternal Health and Vascular Function in the Fourth Trimester. Cardiovasc Toxicol. 2025 Mar; 25(3):325-340.
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Wang Z, Fleisch A, Rifas-Shiman SL, Calafat AM, James-Todd T, Coull BA, Chavarro JE, Hivert MF, Whooten RC, Perng W, Oken E, Mahalingaiah S. Associations of maternal per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance plasma concentrations during pregnancy with offspring polycystic ovary syndrome and related characteristics in project viva. Environ Res. 2025 Mar 01; 268:120786.
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