Traffic-related air pollution, particulate matter, and autism

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 71-77

  Volk, Heather E ^a,b   Lurmann, Fred ^d   Penfold, Bryan ^d   Hertz Picciotto, Irva ^c   McConnell, Rob ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d SONOMA TECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; TRAFFIC; GESTATION PERIOD; RESIDENTIAL HOME; TRAFFIC RELATED AIR POLLUTION; UNITED STATES; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INFANT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE;

AIR POLLUTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CALIFORNIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872002426     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2013.266     Document Type: Article

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