Association between prenatal exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances and asthma in 5-year-old children in the Odense Child Cohort

• Main Authors: Iben Have Beck (Author), Clara Amalie Gade Timmermann (Author), Flemming Nielsen (Author), Greet Schoeters (Author), Camilla Jøhnk (Author), Henriette Boye Kyhl (Author), Arne Høst (Author), Tina Kold Jensen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Asthma is the most common non-communicable disease in children. Prenatal exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), a group of persistent environmental chemicals with endocrine disrupting abilities, has been associated with immunomodulation and may contribute to the aetiology...