Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Phthalate Exposure and Preterm Birth: A Pooled Study of Sixteen U.S. Cohorts
Welch B, Keil A, Buckley J, Engel S, James-Todd T, Zota A, Alshawabkeh A, Barrett E, Bloom M, Bush N, Cordero J, Dabelea D, Eskenazi B, Lanphear B, Padmanabhan V, Sathyanarayana S, Swan S, Aalborg J, Baird D, Binder A, Bradman A, Braun J, Calafat A, Cantonwine D, Christenbury K, Factor-Litvak P, Harley K, Hauser R, Herbstman J, Hertz-Picciotto I, Holland N, Jukic A, McElrath T, Meeker J, Messerlian C, Michels K, Newman R, Nguyen R, O’Brien K, Rauh V, Redmon B, Rich D, Rosen E, Schmidt R, Sparks A, Starling A, Wang C, Watkins D, Weinberg C, Weinberger B, Wenzel A, Wilcox A, Yolton K, Zhang Y, Ferguson K. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Phthalate Exposure and Preterm Birth: A Pooled Study of Sixteen U.S. Cohorts. Environmental Health Perspectives 2023, 131: 127015. PMID: 38117586, PMCID: PMC10732302, DOI: 10.1289/ehp12831.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPhthalate metabolite concentrationsPreterm birthPhthalate exposurePhthalate metabolitesEthnic disparitiesU.S. cohortHypothetical interventionUrinary phthalate metabolite concentrationsMetabolite concentrationsWhite participantsUrinary phthalate metabolitesCovariate-adjusted differencesLatina participantsExposure-response modelPooled studiesOdds ratioPacific Islander participantsAsian/Pacific Islander participantsLogistic regressionMetabolite levelsBirthPregnancyPositive associationInterventionCohort
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