A research strategy to discover the environmental causes of autism and neurodevelopmental disabilities

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 120, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Landrigan, Philip J ^a   Lambertini, Luca ^a   Birnbaum, Linda S ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4, 4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ARSENIC; CHLORPYRIFOS; FLAME RETARDANT; MANGANESE; METHYLMERCURY; MISOPROSTOL; ORGANOCHLORINE INSECTICIDE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE INSECTICIDE; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PHTHALIC ACID; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SEROTONIN; THALIDOMIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALPROIC ACID;

AUTISM; CHROMOSOME 15Q; CHROMOSOME 16P; CHROMOSOME 7Q; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; DYSLEXIA; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUBELLA;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS;

EID: 84864149353     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1104285     Document Type: Editorial

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