Barrett M Welch, Alexander P Keil, Jessie P Buckley, Stephanie M Engel, Tamarra James-Todd, Ami R Zota, Akram N Alshawabkeh, Emily S Barrett, Michael S Bloom, Nicole R Bush, José F Cordero, Dana Dabelea, Brenda Eskenazi, Bruce P Lanphear, Vasantha Padmanabhan, Sheela Sathyanarayana, Shanna H Swan, Jenny Aalborg, Donna D Baird, Alexandra M Binder, Asa Bradman, Joseph M Braun, Antonia M Calafat, David E Cantonwine, Kate E Christenbury, Pam Factor-Litvak, Kim G Harley, Russ Hauser, Julie B Herbstman, Irva Hertz-Picciotto, Nina Holland, Anne Marie Z Jukic, Thomas F McElrath, John D Meeker, Carmen Messerlian, Karin B Michels, Roger B Newman, Ruby H N Nguyen, Katie M O'Brien, Virginia A Rauh, Bruce Redmon, David Q Rich, Emma M Rosen, Rebecca J Schmidt, Amy E Sparks, Anne P Starling, Christina Wang, Deborah J Watkins, Clarice R Weinberg, Barry Weinberger, Abby G Wenzel, Allen J Wilcox, Kimberly Yolton, Yu Zhang, Kelly K Ferguson
BACKGROUND: Phthalate exposures are ubiquitous during pregnancy and may contribute to racial and ethnic disparities in preterm birth. OBJECTIVES: We investigated race and ethnicity in the relationship between biomarkers of phthalate exposure and preterm birth by examining: a ) how hypothetical reductions in racial and ethnic disparities in phthalate metabolites might reduce the probability of preterm birth; and b ) exposure-response models stratified by race and ethnicity...
December 2023: Environmental Health Perspectives