Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Phthalate Exposure and Preterm Birth: A Pooled Study of Sixteen U.S. Cohorts.
Barrett M WelchAlexander P KeilJessie P BuckleyStephanie M EngelTamarra James-ToddAmi R ZotaAkram N AlshawabkehEmily S BarrettMichael S BloomNicole R BushJosé F CorderoDana M DabeleaBrenda EskenaziBruce P LanphearVasantha PadmanabhanSheela SathyanarayanaShanna H SwanJenny AalborgDonna D BairdAlexandra M BinderAsa BradmanJoseph M BraunAntonia M CalafatDavid E CantonwineKate E ChristenburyPam Factor-LitvakKim G HarleyRuss HauserJulie B HerbstmanIrva Hertz-PicciottoNina HollandAnne Marie Z JukicThomas F McElrathJohn D MeekerCarmen MesserlianKarin B MichelsRoger B NewmanRuby H N NguyenKatie M O'BrienVirginia A RauhBruce RedmonDavid Q RichEmma M RosenRebecca J SchmidtAmy E SparksAnne P StarlingChristina WangDeborah J WatkinsClarice R WeinbergBarry WeinbergerAbby G WenzelAllen J WilcoxKimberly YoltonYu ZhangKelly K FergusonPublished in: Environmental health perspectives (2023)
Phthalate metabolite concentrations differed substantially by race and ethnicity. Our results show hypothetical interventions to reduce population-level racial and ethnic disparities in biomarkers of phthalate exposure could potentially reduce the probability of preterm birth. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP12831.