Effect of perfluoroalkyl exposure in pregnancy and infancy on intrauterine and childhood growth and anthropometry. Sub study from COPSAC2010 birth cohort

• Published in: EBioMedicine Vol. 83; p. 104236
• Main Authors: Sevelsted, Astrid, Gürdeniz, Gözde, Rago, Daniela, Pedersen, Casper-Emil Tingskov, Lasky-Su, Jessica A, Checa, Antonio, Zhang, Pei, Wheelock, Craig E, Normann, Stine S, Kristensen, David M, Rasmussen, Morten Arendt, Schullehner, Jörg, Sdougkou, Kalliroi, Martin, Jonathan W, Stokholm, Jakob, Bønnelykke, Klaus, Bisgaard, Hans, Chawes, Bo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier 01.09.2022
• Subjects: Alkanesulfonic Acids; Anthropometry; Birth Cohort; BMI; Caprylates; Ceramides; Child; Environmental Pollutants - adverse effects; Female; Fluorocarbons; Growth; Humans; Infant; Lactocyl Ceramides; Male; Maternal Exposure - adverse effects; Medicin och hälsovetenskap; MeSH; Metabolomics; Molecular epidemiology; Mother-child cohort; PFOA; PFOS; Pregnancy; Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects; Xenobiotics; Metabolomics; Growth; Lactocyl Ceramides; Molecular epidemiology; Mother-child cohort; MeSH; Xenobiotics; Child; PFOA; BMI; PFOS

Perfluoroalkyl substances PFOS and PFOA are persistent and bioaccumulative exogenous chemicals in the human body with a range of suspected negative health effects. It is hypothesised that exposure during prenatal and early postnatal life might have particularly detrimental effects on intrauterine an...