Parental and Perinatal Risk Factors for Autism: Epidemiological Findings and Potential Mechanisms

The Neuroscience of Autism Spectrum Disorders

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 195-202

  Sandin, Sven ^a,b   Kolevzon, Alexander ^c   Levine, Stephen Z ^d   Hultman, Christina M ^b   Reichenberg, Abraham ^a,c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

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EID: 84882612018     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-391924-3.00013-2     Document Type: Chapter

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