Ambient air pollution and autism in Los Angeles County, California

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 380-386

  Becerra, Tracy Ann ^a   Wilhelm, Michelle ^a   Olsen, Jørn ^a   Cockburn, Myles ^b   Ritz, Beate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Autism; Land use regression; Pregnancy; Traffic

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE;

AIR MONITOR; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL HEALTH EDUCATION; TRAFFIC; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE;

EID: 84874600858     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1205827     Document Type: Article

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