Exposure to local, source-specific ambient air pollution during pregnancy and autism in children: a cohort study from southern Sweden.

ABSTRACT: Evidence of air pollution exposure, namely, ambient particulate matter (PM), during pregnancy and an increased risk of autism in children is growing; however, the unique PM sources that contribute to this association are currently unknown. The aim of the present study was to investigate local, source-specific ambient PM exposure during pregnancy and its associations with childhood autism, specifically, and autism spectrum disorders (ASD) as a group. A cohort of 40,245 singleton births from 2000 to 2009 in Scania, Sweden, was combined with data on locally emitted PM with an aerodynamic diameter < 2.5 µm (PM_2.5). A flat, two-dimensional dispersion model was used to assess local PM_2.5 concentrations (all-source PM_2.5, small-scale residential heating- mainly wo

SUBMITTER: Flanagan E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9995328 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature