Prenatal exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances and adipocytokines: the HOME Study
Buck CO, Eliot MN, Kelsey KT, Calafat AM, Chen A, Ehrlich S, Lanphear BP, Braun JM. Prenatal exposure to perfluoroalkyl substances and adipocytokines: the HOME Study. Pediatric Research 2018, 84: 854-860. PMID: 30250302, PMCID: PMC6933943, DOI: 10.1038/s41390-018-0170-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPerfluoroalkyl substances exposureAdipocytokine concentrationsPerfluoroalkyl substance concentrationsSubstance exposureFetal metabolic markersMaternal Perfluoroalkyl SubstancesProspective birth cohortUmbilical cord serumMother-infant pairsSerum perfluorooctanoic acidNon-significant increaseHome studyPerfluorohexane sulfonic acidPregnant womenCord serumInfant birthweightPerfluorooctane sulfonic acidPrenatal exposureSerum concentrationsPerfluoroalkyl substancesRisk populationsMetabolic markersBirth cohortBirthweightSignificant associationPrenatal Exposure to Stressful Life Events and Infant Breastfeeding
Buck CO, Gjelsvik A, Vivier PM, Monteiro K, Amanullah S. Prenatal Exposure to Stressful Life Events and Infant Breastfeeding. Breastfeeding Medicine 2018, 13: 426-432. PMID: 29985635, DOI: 10.1089/bfm.2017.0200.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrenatal exposurePregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System dataMultivariable logistic regressionStressful life event exposureLife event exposureLife eventsComplex survey designInfant breastfeedingStressful life eventsBreastfeeding ratesRisk womenPostpartum womenInfant characteristicsAnticipatory guidanceImpact of exposurePrenatal stressSLEEmotional stressorsLogistic regressionEvent exposureBreastfeedingTraumatic stressorsExposureMonitoring System dataWomen