Environmental science & technologyHumansFemalePregnancyAutism Spectrum DisorderFluorocarbons
Prenatal Exposure to Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances and Maternal Thyroid Function during Pregnancy in a Cohort with High Familial Likelihood of Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Hyuna Jang, Deborah H Bennett, Andrew N Hoofnagle, Elizabeth N Pearce, Daniel J Tancredi, Rebecca J Schmidt, Hyeong-Moo Shin
Published: 202510.1021/acs.est.5c13063
Abstract
Thyroid hormones supplied by the mother are essential for fetal brain development but could be disrupted by per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). We explored how prenatal PFAS exposures relate to maternal thyroid function in pregnant participan…
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