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Sep 2026
Prenatal Exposure to Ambient Heat and Autism in California, USA: A Distributed Lag Analysis of Weekly Gestational Windows
Extreme heat is an increasing environmental health concern, yet its role in neurodevelopmental outcomes remains incompletely understood. Pregnancy represents a period of heightened vulnerability to environmental stressors, and heat-related physiological disruptions may influence fetal brain development. We examined a...
Karl O'Sharkey, B. Martinez, Sanjali Mitra et al.
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