ArticleEnvironmental health perspectives2022
Prenatal Exposure to Air Pollution and Autism Spectrum Disorder: Sensitive Windows of Exposure and Sex Differences.
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- Windows of susceptibility to fine particulate matter components for fetal birth weight: a birth cohort study.BMC public health · 2026Article
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- The potential effects of hypothetical PM2.5 interventions on childhood autism in different neighborhood socioeconomic contexts.American journal of epidemiology · 2026Article
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- Prenatal ozone exposure and risk of intellectual disability.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2026Article
- Mapping Autism in Armenia Among Children and Adolescents Aged 0-18 Years: Population-Based Insights into Prevalence and Its Geographical Differences.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundStudies have shown that air pollution exposures during pregnancy are associated with an increased risk of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in children, and the risk appears to be greater for boys. However, studies assessing gestational windows of susceptibility have been mostly limited by trimesters.
objectiveWe identified sensitive windows of exposure to regional air pollution and risk of ASD and examined sex differences in a large birth cohort.
methodsThis population-based retrospective cohort study included 294,937 mother-child pairs with singleton deliveries in Kaiser Permanente Southern California (KPSC) hospitals from 2001 to 2014. Children were followed using electronic medical records until clinical ASD diagnosis, non-KPSC membership, death, or 31 December 2019, whichever came first. Weekly mean fine particulate matter [PM with an aerodynamic diameter of
resultsThere were 5,694 ASD diagnoses (4,636 boys, 1,058 girls). Sensitive
conclusionsExposures to
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