Prenatal exposure to phthalates and autism spectrum disorder in the MARBLES study.

Hyeong-Moo ShinRebecca J SchmidtDaniel TancrediJacqueline BarkoskiSally OzonoffDeborah H BennettIrva Hertz-Picciotto

Published in: Environmental health : a global access science source (2018)

Our study showed that phthalate exposures in mid- to late pregnancy were not associated with ASD in children from this high-risk ASD cohort. Further studies should be conducted in the general population without high-risk genes to confirm our findings.

Keyphrases

autism spectrum disorder
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
intellectual disability
young adults
pregnant women
air pollution
transcription factor
bioinformatics analysis