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New challenges beyond nutrition: c-section, air pollution and domestic violence

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 September 2015

A. A. Ferraro*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
M. T. B. Fernandes
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
S. E. Vieira
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
*
* Address for correspondence: Alexandre A. Ferraro, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Av Dr Eneas Carvalho Aguiar, 647 Sao Paulo - SP, Brazil. Tel/Fax: +5511 26618672. (Email ferraro@usp.br)

Abstract

The DOHaD research field has successfully associated adult non-communicable diseases with inadequate nutrition in early periods of life. More recently, different types of exposure have been linked with impaired developmental outcomes and later health consequences, such as cesarean section at delivery, air pollution and domestic violence during pregnancy. The aim of this work is to bring up this issue looking at the published evidence on these three highly prevalent hazards in Latin American countries.

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Brief Report
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press and the International Society for Developmental Origins of Health and Disease 2015 

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