Endocrine disrupting compounds, gonadal hormones, and autism

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1068-

  Braun, Joe M ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; PHTHALIC ACID; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; CHILD BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HERITABILITY; HORMONE METABOLISM; HUMAN; LETTER; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 84867232602     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2012.04372.x     Document Type: Letter

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