prenatal exposure
Before-birth encounter
Prenatal exposure refers to a fetus's contact with substances, conditions, or influences during pregnancy.
The term appears most often in medical and developmental contexts: prenatal exposure to alcohol, prenatal exposure to lead, prenatal exposure to stress.
Research links various prenatal exposures to later health outcomes and developmental differences in children.
- birth defectsAbnormalities present from delivery
- fetal alcohol syndromePrenatal alcohol exposure disorder
- alcoholIntoxicating hydroxyl compound
- crack babyNewborn exposed to cocaine prenatally
- microplasticsSub-5mm synthetic environmental particles
teratogen · air pollution · lead paint · cannabis · drug use · smoke · secondhand smoke · radiation · DES · heavy metals · critical period · thalidomide · methylmercury · valproate · in utero · prescription medications · neural tube defects · pesticides