Prenatal Exposure to Phthalates and Neurodevelopment in the CHAMACOS Cohort.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Previous studies suggest that prenatal exposure to phthalates, ubiquitous synthetic chemicals, may adversely affect neurodevelopment. However, data are limited on how phthalates affect cognition, executive function, and behavioral function into adolescence. OBJECTIVE:We aimed to investigate associations of prenatal phthalate exposure with neurodevelopment in childhood and adolescence in the Center for the Health Assessment of Mothers and Children of Salinas (CHAMACOS) study. METHODS:We examined associations between maternal urinary phthalate metabolite concentrations measured twice during pregnancy and a range of neurodevelopmental outcomes from ages 7 through 16 y in the CHAMACOS birth cohort (n=334). We used age-specific linear regression models and generalized estimating equa

SUBMITTER: Hyland C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6867166 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature