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Cohort eligibility criteria at recruitment included being 18 years of age or older, less than 30 weeks\u2019 gestation, and a fluent English or Spanish speaker. Exclusion criteria included having a disability preventing participation or provision of informed consent, being HIV positive or incarcerated, and having a multiple gestation pregnancy. There were 263 mother-child pairs who completed the 3-year study visit. In this analysis, women who reported prenatal smoking were excluded. Data analysis was conducted from October 2022 to March 2024.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Exposure<\/jats:title>Specific gravity-adjusted MUF (MUFSG<\/jats:sub>), a biomarker of prenatal fluoride exposure.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Main Outcomes and Measures<\/jats:title>Neurobehavior was quantified using the Preschool Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL), which included composite scores for Total Problems, Internalizing Problems, and Externalizing Problems. CBCL composite T scores range from 28 to 100. T scores from 60 to 63 are in the borderline clinical range, whereas scores above 63 are in the clinical range. Linear and logistic regression models adjusted for covariates were conducted.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Results<\/jats:title>A total of 229 mother-child pairs (mean [SD] maternal age, 29.45 [5.67] years; 116 female children [50.7%] and 113 male children [49.3%]) who had MUFSG<\/jats:sub> measured were included in the study. Median (IQR) MUFSG<\/jats:sub> was 0.76 (0.51-1.19) mg\/L, and 32 participants (14.0%) had a Total Problems T score in the borderline clinical or clinical range. A 1-IQR (0.68 mg\/L) increase in MUFSG<\/jats:sub> was associated with nearly double the odds of the Total Problems T score being in the borderline clinical or clinical range (odds ratio, 1.83; 95% CI, 1.17-2.86; P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009.008), as well as with a 2.29-point increase in T score for the Internalizing Problems composite (B\u2009=\u20092.29; 95% CI, 0.47-4.11; P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009.01) and a 2.14-point increase in T score for the Total Problems composite (B\u2009=\u20092.14; 95% CI, 0.29-3.98; P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009.02).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Conclusions and Relevance<\/jats:title>In this prospective cohort study of mother-child pairs in Los Angeles, California, prenatal fluoride exposure was associated with increased neurobehavioral problems. 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