Open AccessPostnatal BPA is associated with increasing executive function difficulties in preschool children
Author(s) -
Gillian England-Mason,
Jiaying Liu,
Jonathan W. Martin,
Gerald F. Giesbrecht,
Nicole Létourneau,
Deborah Dewey
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
pediatric research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1530-0447
pISSN - 0031-3998
DOI - 10.1038/s41390-020-0922-6
Subject(s) - pregnancy , breastfeeding , executive functions , psychology , prenatal development , medicine , physiology , developmental psychology , cognition , gestation , pediatrics , psychiatry , biology , genetics
Early bisphenol exposure may have consequences for executive function development, but less is known about potential sex effects. We hypothesized that early bisphenol A (BPA) and bisphenol S (BPS) exposures would be associated with sex-dependent changes in preschool executive function.