Endocrine disruptors, the increase of autism spectrum disorder and its comorbidity with gender identity disorder - a hypothetical association

International Journal of Andrology

Volumn 34, Issue 5 PART 2, 2011, Pages

  Bejerot, Susanne ^a   Humble, Mats B ^a,b   Gardner, Ann ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR;

AUTISM; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENDER IDENTITY DISORDER; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; LETTER; MASCULINITY; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COMORBIDITY; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; PHTHALIC ACIDS;

EID: 80053391858     PISSN: 01056263     EISSN: 13652605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2605.2011.01149.x     Document Type: Letter

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