Fertility therapies, infertilityand autism spectrum disorders in the Nurses' Health Study II

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 361-372

  Lyall, Kristen ^a   Pauls, David L ^a,b,c   Spiegelman, Donna ^a   Santangelo, Susan L ^a,b,c   Ascherio, Alberto ^a,d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted reproductive technology (ART); Autism; Fertility treatments; Infertility; Ovulation inducing drugs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILDBIRTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL HISTORY; OVULATION INDUCTION; PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; FERTILITY; HOSPITALIZATION; INFANT; MALE; NURSE; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NURSES; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862269651     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2012.01294.x     Document Type: Article

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