The "Environment" for autism research: Signs of improvement?

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 116, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 416-417

  Lawler, Cindy P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

AUTISM; CYTOLOGY; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EPIGENETICS; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC STABILITY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; LIFESTYLE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS;

EID: 55949096306     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.12107     Document Type: Editorial

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