Maternal residence near agricultural pesticide applications and autism spectrum disorders among children in the California Central Valley

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 115, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1482-1489

  Roberts, Eric M ^a   English, Paul B ^b   Grether, Judith K ^b   Windham, Gayle C ^b   Somberg, Lucia ^c   Wolff, Craig ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders; Health surveillance; Methods; Organochlorines; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

DICOFOL; ENDOSULFAN; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CALIFORNIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; ODDS RATIO; PESTICIDES; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 35448966195     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.10168     Document Type: Article

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