title: Effect of environmental agents on pregnancy outcomes: disturbances of prenatal growth and development.
abstract: Environmental factors may have significant adverse effects on the developing fetus. Prescribed and illicit drugs, environmental chemicals, physical factors, and maternal diseases may affect the developing fetus directly or may interact with genetic factors to cause birth defects.
authors.affiliation: Birth Defects and Genetic Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control, Atlanta, Georgia.
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Cordero
mesh_terms: D000014:Abnormalities, Drug-Induced / Q000209:etiology*; D003042:Cocaine / Q000009:adverse effects; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000209:etiology; D064420:Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000009:adverse effects; D000431:Ethanol / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications; D013723:Teratogens
chemical_list: D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D013723:Teratogens; D000431:Ethanol; D003042:Cocaine