Si, Jiahui
Meir, Anat Yaskolka
Hong, Xiumei
Wang, Guoying
Huang, Wanyu
Pearson, Colleen
Adams, William G.
Wang, Xiaobin
Liang, Liming
Funding for this research was provided by:
Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (R01HD098232-01, R21ES011666)
Article History
Received: 7 February 2023
Accepted: 25 July 2023
First Online: 23 August 2023
Declarations
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: The work described has been carried out in accordance with the Code of Ethics of the World Medical Association (Declaration of Helsinki) for studies involving humans. The study sample consists of understudied and underrepresented US Black, indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) mothers and newborns. Written informed consent was obtained from all the participating mothers before their enrollment to the Boston Birth Cohort and assent was obtained from the participating children at institutional review boards (IRB)-determined ages. Written informed consent was obtained from the child at age 18. The informed consent, protocol, and data collection instruments were reviewed and approved by the IRB of the Boston Medical Center (H-23525, H-23237) and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (3966/CR1489). The privacy rights of human participants have been observed, including obtaining an NIH certificate of confidentiality.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.