“…Studies have examined prenatal exposure to maternal tobacco, [4][5][6][7][8] alcohol, 4,5,7,9,10 maternal hair dye 5,11 and drug-use. 5,7,[12][13][14][15] Other commonly examined exposures include those pertaining to sociodemographics, reproductive and pregnancy history, labor and delivery, and infant characteristics. 6,8,9,12,[16][17][18][19][20][21] To gain further understanding of whether perinatal exposures are involved in the etiology of NB, we evaluated associations between factors recorded in birth records and NB in a populationbased case-cohort study in Minnesota using prospectively collected exposure information.…”