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ArticleThe Science of the total environment2021

Non-nutritive suck and airborne metal exposures among Puerto Rican infants.

Sarah Morton, Trenton Honda, Emily Zimmerman, Kipruto Kirwa, Gredia Huerta-Montanez, Alaina Martens, Morgan Hines, Martha Ondras, Ki-Do Eum, Jose F Cordero and 2 more

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Article in The Science of the total environment, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 35% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Sarah MortonDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tufts University, 200 College Ave, Medford, MA 02155, USA.
Trenton HondaBouvé College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, 360 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Emily ZimmermanDepartment of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Northeastern University, 360 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Kipruto KirwaDepartment of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Box 351618, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
Gredia Huerta-MontanezDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northeastern University, 360 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Alaina MartensDepartment of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Northeastern University, 360 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Morgan HinesDepartment of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Northeastern University, 360 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Martha OndrasHealth Effects Institute, 75 Federal Street, Suite 1400, Boston, MA 02110, USA.
Ki-Do EumDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tufts University, 200 College Ave, Medford, MA 02155, USA.
Jose F CorderoDepartmentof Epidemiology, University of Georgia, 101 Buck Rd, Athens, GA 30602, USA.
Akram AlshawabekehDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northeastern University, 360 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Helen H SuhDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tufts University, 200 College Ave, Medford, MA 02155, USA. Electronic address: helen.suh@tufts.edu.
Northeastern University · USTufts University · USHealth Effects Institute · USUniversity of Georgia · USUniversity of Washington · US

Funding

Research Experiences and Training Coordination CoreP42ES017198 · NIEHS · NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY · PI HARRIS, SEAN M · 2010 to 2024
$38.6M
Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes in Puerto Rico (ECHO-PRO)UH3OD023251 · OD · NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY · PI Akram N Alshawabkeh · 2018 to 2026
$24.0M
Toxicogenomics-based Mechanistic Multimedia Exposure Assessment and Child DevelopmentP50ES026049 · NIEHS · NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY · PI SUH, HELEN · 2015 to 2018
$3.6M
NIEHS NIH HHS P42 ES017198NIEHS NIH HHS P50 ES026049NIH HHS UH3 OD023251
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Air pollution has been shown to impact multiple measures of neurodevelopment in young children. Its effects on particularly vulnerable populations, such as ethnic minorities, however, is less studied. To address this gap in the literature, we assess the associations between infant non-nutritive suck (NNS), an early indicator of central nervous system integrity, and air pollution exposures in Puerto Rico. Among infants aged 0-3 months enrolled in the Center for Research on Early Childhood Exposure and Development (CRECE) cohort from 2017 to 2019, we examined associations between exposure to fine particulate matter (PM

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Air PollutantsAir PollutionChildChild, PreschoolFemaleHispanic or LatinoHumansInfantPacifiersParticulate MatterPregnancyPuerto RicoAir PollutantsParticulate MatterAir pollutionNeurodevelopmentNon-nutritive suckPrenatal exposures

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PMID34082200
PMCPMC8295239
OpenAlexW3164926951

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