Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in relation to autism and developmental delay: A case-control study

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Hertz Picciotto, Irva ^a   Bergman, Åke ^b   Fängström, Britta ^b   Rose, Melissa ^a   Krakowiak, Paula ^a   Pessah, Isaac ^c   Hansen, Robin ^a   Bennett, Deborah H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE;

BREASTFEEDING; CHILD HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LOGISTICS; METABOLITE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDER; PBDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTISM DIAGNOSTIC INVENTORY REVISED; AUTISM DIAGNOSTIC OBSERVATION SCHEDULE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DELAY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MULLEN SCALE OF EARLY LEARNING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; POLLUTANT; POPULATION; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; VINELAND ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR SCALE; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

RODENTIA;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CALIFORNIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE;

EID: 78650766930     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-10-1     Document Type: Article

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