Prenatal alcohol exposure and autistic spectrum disorders-a population-based prospective study of 80 552 children and their mothers

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1074-1081

  Eliasen, Marie ^a   Tolstrup, Janne S ^a   Andersen, Anne Marie Nybo ^b   Grønbæk, Morten ^a   Olsen, Jørn ^c   Strandberg Larsen, Katrine ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Autistic spectrum disorders; Children; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRINKING; ETHANOL; HEALTH RISK; INFANT MORTALITY; MENTAL HEALTH; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANTILE AUTISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NEWBORN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK; YOUNG ADULT;

DENMARK;

EID: 77956272133     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyq056     Document Type: Article

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