Maternal exposure to aircraft emitted ultrafine particles during pregnancy and likelihood of ASD in children.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is increasing evidence for adverse health effects associated with aircraft-emitted particulate matter (PM) exposures, which are largely in the ultrafine (PM_0.1) size fraction, but no previous study has examined neurodevelopmental outcomes.

Objective

To assess associations between maternal exposure to aircraft ultrafine particles (UFP) during pregnancy and offspring autism spectrum disorder (ASD) diagnosis.

Methods

This large, representative cohort study included 370,723 singletons born in a single healthcare system. Demographic data, maternal health information, and child's ASD diagnosis by age 5 were extracted from electronic medical records. Aircraft exposure estimates for PM_0.1 were generated by the University of California Da

SUBMITTER: Carter SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10472925 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature