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

• Main Authors: Hyeong-Moo Shin (Author), Rebecca J. Schmidt (Author), Daniel Tancredi (Author), Jacqueline Barkoski (Author), Sally Ozonoff (Author), Deborah H. Bennett (Author), Irva Hertz-Picciotto (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Evidence from experimental and observational studies suggests that prenatal phthalate exposures may be associated with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). We examined whether prenatal phthalate exposures were associated with an increased risk of ASD. Methods We quantified 14 metaboli...