Prenatal placental metal accumulation and its association with child attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and autism spectrum disorder symptom at 3 years of age: The role of psychosocial-environmental support in infancy

The placenta is recognized as a barrier to the passage of harmful substances and is an ideal biomonitoring sample for assessing cumulative prenatal exposure to metals. However, scientific knowledge is insufficient regarding the effects of cumulative prenatal exposure to metal mixtures on behavioral development in early life. This study included 2154 mother-infant pairs from the Ma’anshan Birth Cohort study. Concentrations of eleven metals in the placenta were quantified, and…

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