Autism spectrum disorder, flea and tick medication, and adjustments for exposure misclassification: The CHARGE (CHildhood Autism Risks from Genetics and Environment) case-control study

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Keil, Alexander P ^a   Daniels, Julie L ^a   Hertz Picciotto, Irva ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Bayesian; Imidacloprid; Measurement error; Neonicotinoids; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMIDAZOLES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NITRO COMPOUNDS; ODDS RATIO; PESTICIDES; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SIPHONAPTERA; TICKS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84894256363     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-13-3     Document Type: Article

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