Prenatal exposure to environmental pollutants and child development trajectories through 7 years.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prenatal exposure to environmental pollutants such as mold, lead, pesticides, tobacco, and air pollutants has been suggested to impair cognitive development. Evidence is needed from longitudinal studies to understand their joint impact on child development across time.

Objective

To study associations between exposure to indoor environmental pollutants or outdoor air pollution during pregnancy and offspring cognitive development trajectories through 7 years.

Methods

We included 718 Mexican mother-child pairs. Prenatal exposure to indoor environmental pollutants (mold, ventilation, pesticides, tobacco smoke, and use of vidiartred clay pots) was self-reported by the mothers and integrated into an index, or objectively measured in the case of outdoor air pollut

SUBMITTER: Gonzalez-Casanova I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5988245 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature