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    Associations of salivary aldosterone levels during pregnancy with maternal blood pressure and birth weight-for-gestational age in a Mexico City birth cohort

    To determine associations of maternal salivary aldosterone with blood pressure (BP) in pregnancy and infant birth weight-for-gestational age (BWGA).

    Oscar Galván-Valencia, Alison P. Sanders, Ana Carolina Ariza in Journal of Perinatology (2024)

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    Changes in depressive and anxiety symptoms during COVID-19 in children from the PROGRESS cohort

    We assessed associations between maternal stress, social support, and child resiliency during the COVID-19 pandemic in relation to changes in anxiety and depression symptoms in children in Mexico City.

    Laura A. McGuinn, Nadya Rivera Rivera, Erika Osorio-Valencia in Pediatric Research (2023)

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    Time-varying associations between prenatal metal mixtures and rapid visual processing in children

    Humans are exposed to mixtures of chemicals across their lifetimes, a concept sometimes called the “exposome.” Mixtures likely have temporal “critical windows” of susceptibility like single agents and measurin...

    Yuri Levin-Schwartz, Chris Gennings, Lourdes Schnaas in Environmental Health (2019)

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    Impact of phthalate and BPA exposure during in utero windows of susceptibility on reproductive hormones and sexual maturation in peripubertal males

    Phthalates and BPA are endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) widely used in consumer products. Evidence suggests that phthalate and BPA exposure alters steroid hormone levels in adults, while in utero exposure...

    Deborah J. Watkins, Brisa N. Sánchez, Martha Maria Téllez-Rojo in Environmental Health (2017)

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    Bisphenol a exposure in Mexico City and risk of prematurity: a pilot nested case control study

    Presence of Bisphenol A (BPA) has been documented worldwide in a variety of human biological samples. There is growing evidence that low level BPA exposure may impact placental tissue development and thyroid f...

    David Cantonwine, John D Meeker, Howard Hu, Brisa N Sánchez in Environmental Health (2010)

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    HFE Gene Variants Modify the Association between Maternal Lead Burden and Infant Birthweight: A Prospective Birth Cohort Study in Mexico City, Mexico

    Neonatal growth is a complex process involving genetic and environmental factors. Polymorphisms in the hemochromatosis (HFE) iron regulatory genes have been shown to modify transport and toxicity of lead which is...

    David Cantonwine, Howard Hu, Martha Maria Téllez-Rojo in Environmental Health (2010)