Open AccessPrenatal Bisphenol A Exposure and Child Behavior in an Inner-City Cohort
Author(s) -
Frederica P. Perera,
Julia Vishnevetsky,
Julie B. Herbstman,
Antonia M. Calafat,
Wei Xiong,
Virginia Rauh,
Shuang Wang
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.1104492
Subject(s) - child behavior checklist , cbcl , medicine , pregnancy , toxicant , quartile , cohort , confounding , confidence interval , offspring , physiology , pediatrics , clinical psychology , toxicity , biology , genetics
Experimental laboratory evidence suggests that bisphenol A (BPA), an endocrine disruptor, is a neurodevelopmental toxicant. However, there have been limited and inconclusive results with respect to sex-specific BPA effects on child behavior.
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