Prenatal Stress as a Modifier of Associations between Phthalate Exposure and Reproductive Development: results from a Multicentre Pregnancy Cohort Study.
Emily S BarrettLauren E ParlettSheela SathyanarayanaJ Bruce RedmonRuby H N NguyenShanna H SwanPublished in: Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology (2015)
Associations between prenatal phthalate exposure and altered genital development were only apparent in sons of mothers who reported no SLEs during pregnancy. Prenatal stress and phthalates may interact to shape fetal development in ways that have not been previously explored.