The environment as an etiologic factor in autism: A new direction for research

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 108, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2000, Pages 401-404

  London, Eric ^a,b,d   Etzel, Ruth A ^c  

^a National Alliance for Autism Research (NAAR)   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^d Research Park   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Autism epidemiology; Autism etiology; Children; Developmental disorders; Gene environment interaction; Hox genes; Retinoids

Indexed keywords

ISOTRETINOIN; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOID; RETINOL; TERATOGENIC AGENT; VALPROIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BIRTH DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC REGULATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOUSE; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0033926492     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.00108s3401     Document Type: Article

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