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ReviewChildren (Basel, Switzerland)2018

Endocrine Disruptors and Autism Spectrum Disorder in Pregnancy: A Review and Evaluation of the Quality of the Epidemiological Evidence.

Salvador Marí-Bauset, Carolina Donat-Vargas, Agustín Llópis-González, Amelia Marí-Sanchis, Isabel Peraita-Costa, Juan Llopis-Morales, María Morales-Suárez-Varela

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Review in Children (Basel, Switzerland), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 32% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Salvador Marí-BausetUnit of Public Health and Environmental Care, Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Valencia, Avenida Vicente Andrés Estellés s/n, Burjasot, 46100 Valencia, Spain. salvador.mari@ext.uv.es.
Carolina Donat-VargasNutritional Epidemiology, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Nobels väg 13, 171 65 Solna, Sweden. carolina.donat.vargas@ki.se.
Agustín Llópis-GonzálezUnit of Public Health and Environmental Care, Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Valencia, Avenida Vicente Andrés Estellés s/n, Burjasot, 46100 Valencia, Spain. agustin.llopis@uv.es.
Amelia Marí-SanchisClinical Nutrition and Dietetics Unit, Navarra Hospital Complex, Calle de Irunlarrea, 3, Pamplona, 31008 Navarre, Spain. amarisanchis@gmail.com.
Isabel Peraita-CostaUnit of Public Health and Environmental Care, Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Valencia, Avenida Vicente Andrés Estellés s/n, Burjasot, 46100 Valencia, Spain. ivperaitacosta@hotmail.es.
Juan Llopis-MoralesUnit of Public Health and Environmental Care, Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Valencia, Avenida Vicente Andrés Estellés s/n, Burjasot, 46100 Valencia, Spain. juanllopis6@gmail.com.
María Morales-Suárez-VarelaUnit of Public Health and Environmental Care, Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Valencia, Avenida Vicente Andrés Estellés s/n, Burjasot, 46100 Valencia, Spain. maria.m.morales@uv.es.ORCID 0000-0003-0785-1492
Universitat de València · ESComplejo Hospitalario de Navarra · ESKarolinska Institutet · SE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Exposure to environmental contaminants during pregnancy has been linked to adverse health outcomes later in life. Notable among these pollutants are the endocrine disruptors chemicals (EDCs), which are ubiquitously present in the environment and they have been measured and quantified in the fetus. In this systematic review, our objective was to summarize the epidemiological research on the potential association between prenatal exposure to EDCs and Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) published from 2005 to 2016. The Navigation Guide Systematic Review Methodology was applied. A total of 17 studies met the inclusion criteria for this review, including: five cohorts and 12 case-control. According to the definitions specified in the Navigation Guide, we rated the quality of evidence for a relationship between prenatal exposure to EDCs and ASD as "moderate". Although the studies generally showed a positive association between EDCs and ASD, after considering the strengths and limitations, we concluded that the overall strength of evidence supporting an association between prenatal exposure to EDCs and later ASD in humans remains "limited" and inconclusive. Further well-conducted prospective studies are warranted to clarify the role of EDCs on ASD development.

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ASDautismchild behavior disordersendocrine disruptorenvironmental exposure

Identifiers

PMID30477137
PMCPMC6306747
OpenAlexW2900722834

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