Autism spectrum disorder phenotypes and prenatal exposure to methylmercury

Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 651-659

  Van Wijngaarden, Edwin ^a,b   Davidson, Philip W ^a   Smith, Tristram H ^a   Evans, Katie ^a   Yost, Kelley ^a   Love, Tanzy ^a   Thurston, Sally W ^a   Watson, Gene E ^a,b   Zareba, Grazyna ^a   Burns, Christine M ^a   Shamlaye, Conrad F ^c   Myers, Gary J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c Seychelles Ministry of Health   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FISH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PHENOTYPE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEYCHELLES; SOCIAL COMMUNICATION QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL RESPONSIVENESS SCALE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; DIET; FEMALE; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEYCHELLES;

EID: 84881552088     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e31829d2651     Document Type: Article

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