Association between prenatal ambient particulate matter and childhood asthma is modified by community safety and child sex.

ABSTRACT: Studies document independent effects of prenatal air pollution exposure and social environmental factors, including neighborhood safety, on childhood asthma development with documented sex-specific effects. Further research examining these factors jointly is needed. We examined associations between prenatal residence-level daily fine particulate matter (PM_2.5) exposure and child asthma, considering effect modification by a validated Neighborhood Sentiment and Safety Index (NSSI) and child sex. Participants were mothers and full-term (> 37 weeks gestation) singleton-born children from two Boston-area pregnancy cohorts. The Asthma Coalition on Community, Environment and Social Stress (ACCESS) project enrolled 955 pregnant women between August 2002 and July 2009.The Programming of

SUBMITTER: McCann ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12518613 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature