BMC public health
Periconceptional antibiotic use and early- to mid-pregnancy psychological distress in a nationwide birth cohort: cross-sectional analysis from the Japan Environment and Children's Study.
Kenta Matsumura, Hitomi Inano, Junko Sakai, Kanako Shimada, Akiko Tsuchida, Hidekuni Inadera, Japan Environment and Children’s Study (JECS) Group
Published: 202610.1186/s12889-025-26119-0
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Antibiotic use has recently emerged as a potential risk factor for psychiatric disorders, but evidence regarding its risk during pregnancy remains limited, despite the frequent use of antibiotics in pregnant women. We investigated the ass…
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