In this study, we utilize placenta as a biomarker for prenatal metal exposure and evaluate whether metal mixture is linked to newborn neurobehavioral performance assessed using the NNNS. This approach and topic make this manuscript of interest to the audience of Environmental Epidemiology, and this manuscript represents the first to link an examination of a mixture of metal exposure and early life measures of neurobehavioral development. Findings from this study may shed insight on developing useful policies to mitigate and prevent exposures as well as identify infants at risk to allow for appropriate and early intervention.
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