Maternal smoking during pregnancy and the prevalence of autism spectrum disorders, using data from the autism and developmental disabilities monitoring network

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 120, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1042-1048

  Kalkbrenner, Amy E ^a   Braun, Joe M ^b   Durkin, Maureen S ^c   Maenner, Matthew J ^d   Cunniff, Christopher ^e   Lee, Li Ching ^f   Pettygrove, Sydney ^g   Nicholas, Joyce S ^h   Daniels, Julie L ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^h MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

ⁱ IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Epidemiology; Intellectual disability; Surveillance; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EDUCATION; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL SMOKING; PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TOBACCO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 84864149345     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1104556     Document Type: Article

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