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Stephanie M. Engel, PhD

Professor, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel
Verified email at Unc.edu
Cited by 12633

Prenatal phenol and phthalate exposures and birth outcomes

MS Wolff, SM Engel, GS Berkowitz, X Ye… - Environmental …, 2008 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background Many phthalates and phenols are hormonally active and are suspected to alter
the course of development. Objective We investigated prenatal exposures to phthalate and …

Prenatal phthalate exposure is associated with childhood behavior and executive functioning

SM Engel, A Miodovnik, RL Canfield… - Environmental …, 2010 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background Experimental and observational studies have reported biological consequences
of phthalate exposure relevant to neurodevelopment. Objective Our goal was to examine …

Prenatal exposure to organophosphates, paraoxonase 1, and cognitive development in childhood

SM Engel, J Wetmur, J Chen, C Zhu… - Environmental …, 2011 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Prenatal exposure to organophosphate pesticides has been shown to negatively
affect child neurobehavioral development. Paraoxonase 1 (PON1) is a key enzyme in the …

Endocrine disruptors and childhood social impairment

A Miodovnik, SM Engel, C Zhu, X Ye, LV Soorya… - Neurotoxicology, 2011 - Elsevier
Prenatal exposure to endocrine disruptors has the potential to impact early brain development.
Neurodevelopmental toxicity in utero may manifest as psychosocial deficits later in …

Prenatal organophosphate metabolite and organochlorine levels and performance on the Brazelton Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale in a multiethnic …

SM Engel, GS Berkowitz, DB Barr… - American journal of …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Prenatal exposures to organophosphate pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls have been
associated with abnormal neonatal behavior and/or primitive reflexes. In 1998–2002, the …

Prenatal exposure to environmental phenols: concentrations in amniotic fluid and variability in urinary concentrations during pregnancy

…, J Stone, R Slama, SM Engel - Environmental …, 2013 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
Background: Maternal urinary biomarkers are often used to assess fetal exposure to phenols
and their precursors. Their effectiveness as a measure of exposure in epidemiological …

Variants in the fetal genome near FLT1 are associated with risk of preeclampsia

…, NAB Simpson, VA Dolby, E Staines-Urias, SM Engel… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Preeclampsia, which affects approximately 5% of pregnancies, is a leading cause of maternal
and perinatal death 1. The causes of preeclampsia remain unclear, but there is evidence …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic predisposition to hypertension is associated with preeclampsia in European and Central Asian women

…, I Colgiu, VA Dolby, F Dudbridge, SM Engel… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Preeclampsia is a serious complication of pregnancy, affecting both maternal and fetal health.
In genome-wide association meta-analysis of European and Central Asian mothers, we …

Prenatal phthalate exposure and performance on the Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale in a multiethnic birth cohort

SM Engel, C Zhu, GS Berkowitz, AM Calafat, MJ Silva… - Neurotoxicology, 2009 - Elsevier
We investigated the relationship between prenatal maternal urinary concentrations of phthalate
metabolites and neonatal behavior in their 295 children enrolled in a multiethnic birth …

[HTML][HTML] Characterizing the pregnancy immune phenotype: results of the viral immunity and pregnancy (VIP) study

TA Kraus, SM Engel, RS Sperling, L Kellerman… - Journal of clinical …, 2012 - Springer
Purpose The increased risk of morbidity and mortality from certain microbial infections and
the demonstrated improvements in the clinical course of some autoimmune diseases support …