Early life exposure to air pollution and psychotic-like experiences, emotional symptoms, and conduct problems in middle childhood.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Air pollution has been linked to a variety of childhood mental health problems, but results are inconsistent across studies and the effect of exposure timing is unclear. We examined the associations between air pollution exposure at two time-points in early development and psychotic-like experiences (PLEs), and emotional and conduct symptoms, assessed in middle childhood (mean age 11.5 years).

Methods

Participants were 19,932 children selected from the NSW Child Development Study (NSW-CDS) with available linked multi-agency data from birth, and self-reported psychotic-like experiences (PLEs) and psychopathology at age 11-12 years (middle childhood). We used binomial logistic regression to examine associations between exposure to nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) a

SUBMITTER: Bradley M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10799785 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature