Parental occupational exposures and autism spectrum disorder

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2323-2334

  McCanlies, Erin C ^a   Fekedulegn, Desta ^a   Mnatsakanova, Anna ^a   Burchfiel, Cecil M ^a   Sanderson, Wayne T ^b   Charles, Luenda E ^a   Hertz Picciotto, Irva ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Autism spectrum disorder; Exposure; Occupation; Parent; Parental exposures

Indexed keywords

ASPHALT; CHEMICAL AGENT; PAINT; SOLVENT; XYLENE;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENT; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; SELF REPORT; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; VARNISH; WORKPLACE;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARENTS; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 84867846381     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-012-1468-1     Document Type: Article

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