Jiwon Oh, Jessie P Buckley, Xuan Li, Kennedy K Gachigi, Kurunthachalam Kannan, Wenjie Lyu, Jennifer L Ames, Emily S Barrett, Theresa M Bastain, Carrie V Breton, Claudia Buss, Lisa A Croen, Anne L Dunlop, Assiamira Ferrara, Akhgar Ghassabian, Julie B Herbstman, Ixel Hernandez-Castro, Irva Hertz-Picciotto, Linda G Kahn, Margaret R Karagas, Jordan R Kuiper, Cindy T McEvoy, John D Meeker, Rachel Morello-Frosch, Amy M Padula, Megan E Romano, Sheela Sathyanarayana, Susan Schantz, Rebecca J Schmidt, Hyagriv Simhan, Anne P Starling, Frances A Tylavsky, Heather E Volk, Tracey J Woodruff, Yeyi Zhu, Deborah H Bennett
BACKGROUND: Widespread exposure to organophosphate ester (OPE) flame retardants with potential reproductive toxicity raises concern regarding the impacts of gestational exposure on birth outcomes. Previous studies of prenatal OPE exposure and birth outcomes had limited sample sizes, with inconclusive results. OBJECTIVES: We conducted a collaborative analysis of associations between gestational OPE exposures and adverse birth outcomes and tested whether associations were modified by sex...
January 2024: Environmental Health Perspectives