Prenatal exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances: Association with child behavior in the environmental influences on child health outcomes (ECHO) Cohort
We found little evidence of associations between prenatal PFAS exposures and child behavioral problems in the ECHO Cohort. Future studies should consider PFAS exposure during the postnatal period, which may be a more sensitive window.
Authors
- Thomas G. O’Connor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8590-5057)
- Catherine M. Bulka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6529-7226)
- Jennifer Ames (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0906-9162)
- Rebecca J. Schmidt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1582-2747)
- Hyeong‐Moo Shin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7001-2555)
- Vaia Lida Chatzi
- Donghai Liang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7311-2298)
- Alison E. Hipwell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7179-1151)
- Xiaoshuang Xun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8774-3197)
- Lesliam Quirós-Alcalá (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6600-7227)
- Jiwon Oh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1091-444X)
- Amy Padula (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1435-4814)
- Anne Lang Dunlop (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5092-8136)
- Rebecca C. Fry (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0899-9018)
- Kun Lu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1370-8633)
- Dana Dabelea (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9514-8929)
- Joseph M. Braun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5239-3235)
- Anne Starling
- T. Michael O’Shea
- Susan L. Schantz
Institutions
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- University of Southern California (US)
- Kaiser Permanente (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Emory University (US)
- Colorado School of Public Health (US)
- Baylor University (US)
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- University of South Florida (US)
- Brown University (US)
- University of Rochester Medical Center (US)
- Department of Health (ZA)
- University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (US)
- University of California, Davis (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Environment International
- Published
- 2025-08-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2025.109760
- Primary Topic
- Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00