Association Between Maternal Exposure to Magnetic Field Nonionizing Radiation During Pregnancy and Risk of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Offspring in a Longitudinal Birth Cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

An association between maternal exposure to magnetic field (MF) nonionizing radiation during pregnancy and the risk of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has been reported in both animal and human studies.

Objectives

To determine whether maternal exposure to high levels of MF nonionizing radiation is associated with an increased risk of ADHD in offspring by using more accurate measurements of MF nonionizing radiation levels and physician-diagnosed ADHD, rather than self-reports, and to determine whether the association differs for the subtypes of ADHD with or without immune-related comorbidities.

Design, setting, and participants

A longitudinal birth cohort study was conducted at Kaiser Permanente Northern California among 1482 mother-child pai

SUBMITTER: Li DK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7093768 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature