Prenatal exposure to criteria air pollution and traffic-related air toxics and risk of autism spectrum disorder: A population-based cohort study of California births (1990-2018).

Journal: Environment international
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) prevalence has risen steadily in California (CA) over several decades, with environmental factors like air pollution (AP) increasingly implicated. This study investigates associations between prenatal exposure to both criteria AP and traffic-related air toxics and ASD risk for 1990-2018 births.

Authors

  • Karl O'Sharkey
    Department of Epidemiology, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
  • Sanjali Mitra
    Department of Epidemiology, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
  • Ting Chow
    Department of Epidemiology, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
  • Seung-A Paik
    Department of Epidemiology, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
  • Laura Thompson
    Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 10903 New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring, MD, 20993, USA.
  • Jason Su
    From Whiterabbit.ai, 3930 Freedom Cir, Santa Clara, CA 95054 (S.P., T.T., B.M., Y.N.T.V., T.M., R.M.H., M.S., N.G., N.Z.D., J.S.); Onsite Women's Health, Westfield, Mass (S.H.); SSM Health, St Louis, Mo (C.M.A.); and Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Mo (R.L.W.).
  • Myles Cockburn
    Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90032, USA.
  • Beate Ritz
    Departments of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, Fileding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.