The spatial distribution of known predictors of autism spectrum disorders impacts geographic variability in prevalence in central North Carolina

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Hoffman, Kate ^a   Kalkbrenner, Amy E ^a,b   Vieira, Veronica M ^c,d   Daniels, Julie L ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders (ASD); Disease mapping; Generalized additive models (GAMs); Geographic information systems (GIS); Intellectual disability (ID); Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; MENTAL HEALTH; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDER; RISK FACTOR; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BIOSURVEILLANCE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING; SPATIAL MEMORY; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84869175306     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-11-80     Document Type: Article

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