title: Neonatology and the Environment: Impact of Early Exposure to Airborne Environmental Toxicants on Infant and Child Neurodevelopment.
abstract: Environmental contaminants pose a threat to infant neurodevelopment. In this current paper, we discuss evidence for the potentially harmful impact of fetal and early childhood exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), and organophosphorus (OP) insecticides. We focus on effects resulting from chronic and low-level exposure during the prenatal period and early childhood, when the brain is still undergoing rapid developmental changes.
authors.affiliation: Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, NY, NY.
authors.forename: Virginia A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Rauh
authors.forename: Megan K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Horton
authors.forename: Rachel L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Robin M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Whyatt
authors.forename: Frederica
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Perera