Urinary polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) metabolite concentrations in three pregnancy cohorts from 7 U.S. study sites.
Erin E MastersonAnne M RiedererChristine T LoftusErin R WallaceAdam A SzpiroChristopher D SimpsonRevathi MuralidharanLeonardo TrasandeEmily S BarrettRuby H N NguyenKurunthachalam KannanMorgan RobinsonShanna SwanW Alex MasonNicole R BushSheela SathyanarayanaKaja Z LeWinnCatherine J KarrPublished in: PloS one (2024)
In this geographically-diverse descriptive analysis of U.S. pregnancies, we observed ubiquitous exposure to low molecular weight PAHs, highlighting the importance of better understanding PAH sources and their pediatric health outcomes attributed to early life PAH exposure.