Charlotte Cosemans, Narjes Madhloum, Hanne Sleurs, Rossella Alfano, Lore Verheyen, Congrong Wang, Kenneth Vanbrabant, Charlotte Vanpoucke, Wouter Lefebvre, Tim S Nawrot, Michelle Plusquin
BACKGROUND: Early life exposure to ambient particulate matter (PM) may negatively affect neurobehavioral development in children, influencing their cognitive, emotional, and social functioning. Here, we report a study on prenatal PM2.5 exposure and neurobehavioral development focusing on different time points in the first years of life. METHODS: This study was part of the ENVIRONAGE birth cohort that follows mother-child pairs longitudinally. First, the Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale (NBAS) was employed on 88 newborns aged one to two months to assess their autonomic/physiological regulation, motor organisation, state organisation/regulation, and attention/social interaction...
April 3, 2024: Environmental Research