期刊
JOURNAL OF PERINATOLOGY
卷 30, 期 1, 页码 2-9出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2009.90
关键词
bisphenol-A; endocrine disrupting compounds; birth outcomes; racial disparities; environmental exposures
资金
- National Institute of Health [1P20RR020682-01]
- NICHD [1P50HD38986-01]
- EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH &HUMAN DEVELOPMENT [P50HD038986] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH RESOURCES [P20RR020682] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES [R01ES017005] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
Racial disparities in pregnancy outcome in the United States are significant, persistent and costly, but the causes are poorly understood. We propose that disproportionate exposure of African-American women to environmental endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs) may contribute to birth outcome disparities. Marked racial segregation, as well as health behaviors associated with poverty could result in differences in exposure to particular EDCs. One EDC that has aroused concern in recent years is bisphenol-A (BPA), a widely used industrial plasticizer with known estrogenic properties. Published studies indicate that excessive BPA exposure is associated with reduced fetal survival, as well as reductions in maternal weight and fetal body weight. Related findings include adverse effects of BPA exposure on ovarian function, mammary gland development, earlier age of puberty onset and some metabolic parameters. However, these findings are largely limited to experimental animal studies, and need to be validated in human populations. Our review supports the need to move beyond the currently dominant toxicological approach to examining the effects of BPA exposure, and rely more on observational human studies and epidemiological methods. Many of the risk factors for racial disparities in pregnancy outcome are global or difficult to modify, but exposure to BPA is a potentially malleable risk factor. If BPA contributes to racial disparities in pregnancy outcome, there are important implications for prevention. It is our hope that this review will stimulate further research in this important and neglected area. Journal of Perinatology (2010) 30, 2-9; doi: 10.1038/jp.2009.90; published online 9 July 2009
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