"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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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Maternal Exposure" by people in this website by year, and whether "Maternal Exposure" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2010 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2011 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2012 | 9 | 4 | 13 |
| 2013 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2014 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2015 | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| 2016 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 2017 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2019 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Maternal Exposure" by people in Profiles.
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Association of PM2.5 Exposure on Birthweight: Racial and Ethnic Disparities. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2025 Nov; 39(8):660-667.
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Environmental exposure to common pesticide induces synaptic deficit and social memory impairment driven by neurodevelopmental vulnerability of hippocampal parvalbumin interneurons. J Hazard Mater. 2025 Mar 05; 485:136893.
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Associations of prenatal maternal urinary concentrations of triclosan and benzophenone-3 with cognition in 7.5-month-old infants. Environ Res. 2024 Dec 15; 263(Pt 1):119975.
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Gestational ozone inhalation elicits maternal cardiac dysfunction and transcriptional changes to placental pericytes and endothelial cells. Toxicol Sci. 2023 11 28; 196(2):238-249.
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Congenital malformations and preeclampsia associated with integrase inhibitor use in pregnancy: A single-center analysis. PLoS One. 2023; 18(6):e0276473.
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Susceptible windows of exposure to fine particulate matter and fetal growth trajectories in the Spanish INMA (INfancia y Medio Ambiente) birth cohort. Environ Res. 2023 01 01; 216(Pt 2):114628.
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Epigenetic signature of exposure to maternal Trypanosoma cruzi infection in cord blood cells from uninfected newborns. Epigenomics. 2022 08; 14(15):913-927.
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Maternal occupational exposure to chemicals and child cognitive function. Pediatr Res. 2022 10; 92(4):1153-1160.
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Identifying Sensitive Windows of Exposure to NO2 and Fetal Growth Trajectories in a Spanish Birth Cohort. Epidemiology. 2022 05 01; 33(3):318-324.
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Maternal occupational exposures and fetal growth in a Spanish birth cohort. PLoS One. 2022; 17(4):e0264530.