Perinatal exposure to hazardous air pollutants and autism spectrum disorders at age 8

Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 631-641

  Kalkbrenner, Amy E ^a   Daniels, Julie L ^a   Chen, Jiu Chiuan ^b   Poole, Charles ^a   Emch, Michael ^c   Morrissey, Joseph ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH DISORDER;

AIR POLLUTANTS; BAYES THEOREM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; WEST VIRGINIA;

EID: 77955923165     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e3181e65d76     Document Type: Article

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