Preconception and prenatal environmental factors associated with communication impairments in 9 year old children using an exposome-wide approach.

Although speech and language deficits are common in children and strongly associated with poor educational and social outcomes, little attention has been paid to the antecedents. In this study we used the information from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children to examine preconception a...

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Main Authors: Colin D Steer, Patrick Bolton, Jean Golding
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0118701