Epidemiology on reproductive and child health
Birth defect preventive study
Environmental and nutritional factors & maternal and child health
1. Establishment of a Quantitative Scoring System for Pernicious Placenta Previa and Construction of the Special Treatment Center in Military, 07/2020–06/2024, key project. Grant No.: 20JSZ14. Funding source: The Health Bureau of the Logistics Support Department of the Military Commission. Role: key investigator.
2. The Relationship between Maternal Folic Acid Supplementation in Early Pregnancy and Risk of Gestational Diabetes, Grant No.: 2020-1-5112. 01/2020 – 06/2023, key project. Funding source: Capital Health Development Scientific Research Funding. Role: key investigator.
3. Cohort Study of The Effects of Environmental and Behavioral Factors on Embryonic Development and Maternal Health Based on External Exposure Surveillance, 12/2018–12/2021. Grant No.: 2018YFC1004301. Funding source: Ministry of Science and Technology, China. Role: key investigator.
4. Environmental Determinants of Major Birth Defects 07/2016 – 06/2021. Grant No.: 2016YFC1000501. Funding source: Ministry of Science and Technology, China. Role: Key Investigator
5. Exposure Levels of Environmental Pollutants in Pregnant Women with High Birth Defects in Shanxi Province, 01/2010–06/2011. Grant No.: EH(2010)-12-05. Funding Source: The Ministry of Ecology and environment of the People’s Republic of China. Role: PI.
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1. Wang D, Jin L, Zhang J, Meng W, Ren A, Jin L*. Maternal Periconceptional Folic Acid Supplementation and Risk for Fetal Congenital Heart Defects The Journal of pediatrics, 2022, 240:72-8. Doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.09.004.
2. Liu M, Wang D, Wang C, Yin S, Pi X, Li Z, Wang L, Liu J, Yin C, Jin L*, Ren A*. High concentrations of aluminum in maternal serum and placental tissue are associated with increased risk for fetal neural tube defects. 2021, Chemosphere, 2021, 284:131387. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.131387.
3. Liu M, Yu J, Su Z, Sun Y, Liu Y, Xie Q, Li Z, Wang L, Zhang J, Jin L*, Ren A*. Associations between prenatal exposure to cadmium and lead with neural tube defect risks are modified by single‑nucleotide polymorphisms of fetal MTHFR and SOD2: a case–control study. Environmental Health, 2021, 20(66): 1-10. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12940-021-00752-9.
4. Zhang J, Jin L, Wang D, Wang C, Tong M, Yu J, Meng W, Ren A, Jin L*. Maternal periconceptional folic acid supplements use and fetus risk for limb defects. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2021;35:645-653.
https://doi.org/10.1111/ppe.12775.
5. Yin S; Sun Y; Yu J; Su Z; Tong M; Zhang Y; Liu J; Wang L; Li Z; Ren A*; Jin L*; Prenatal exposure to organochlorine pesticides is associated with increased risk for neural tube defects. The Science of the Total Environment, 2021,770:145284. Doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.145284.
6. Tong M; Yu J; Liu M; Li Z; Wang L; Yin C; Ren A; Chen L*; Jin L*; Total mercury concentration in placental tissue, a good biomarker of prenatal mercury exposure, is associated with risk for neural tube defects in offspring. Environment International, 2021, 150:106425. Doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2021.106425.
7. Jin L*; Jin L; Yu J; Xu Y; Liu H; Ren A; Prevalence of Neural Tube Defects and the Impact of Prenatal Diagnosis in Three Districts of Beijing, China, Paediatric Perinatal Epidemiology, 2017, 31(4): 293-300. Doi: 10.1111/ppe.12354.
8. Jin L; Liu M; Zhang L; Li Z; Yu J; Liu J; Ye R; Chen L*; Ren A*; Exposure of methyl mercury in utero and the risk of neural tube defects in a Chinese population. Reproductive Toxicology, 2016, 61:131-5.
Doi: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2016.03.040.
9. Wang B#, Jin L#, Ren A*, Yuan Y, Liu J, Li Z, Zhang L, Yi D, Wang LL, Zhang Y, Wang X, Tao S, Finnell RH. Levels of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in maternal serum and risk of neural tube defects in offspring. Environ Sci Technol, 2015,49:588-596. Doi: 10.1021/es503990v
10. Jin L; Liu J; Ye B; Ren A*; Concentrations of selected heavy metals in maternal blood and associated factors in rural areas in Shanxi Province, China Environment international, 2014, 66:157-64. Doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2014.01.016.