Persistent Associations between Maternal Prenatal Exposure to Phthalates on Child IQ at Age 7 Years.

BACKGROUND:Prior research reports inverse associations between maternal prenatal urinary phthalate metabolite concentrations and mental and motor development in preschoolers. No study evaluated whether these associations persist into school age. METHODS:In a follow up of 328 inner-city mothers and t...

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Main Authors: Pam Factor-Litvak, Beverly Insel, Antonia M Calafat, Xinhua Liu, Frederica Perera, Virginia A Rauh, Robin M Whyatt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4262205?pdf=render