Geographic distribution of autism in California: A retrospective birth cohort analysis

Autism Research

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 19-29

  Van Meter, Karla C ^a,b   Christiansen, Lasse E ^b,c   Delwiche, Lora D ^a   Azari, Rahman ^d   Carpenter, Tim E ^b,d   Hertz Picciotto, Irva ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Cluster; Environmental; Epidemiology; Geographic; Scan tests; Sociodemographic; Spatial

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; MOTHER; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TRAFFIC; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASES IN TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PATERNAL AGE; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 77249099889     PISSN: 19393792     EISSN: 19393806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aur.110     Document Type: Article

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