Gestational exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals and reciprocal social, repetitive, and stereotypic behaviors in 4- and 5-year-old children: The HOME study

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 122, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 513-520

  Braun, Joseph M ^a   Kalkbrenner, Amy E ^b   Just, Allan C ^c   Yolton, Kimberly ^d   Calafat, Antonia M ^e   Sjödin, Andreas ^e   Hauser, Russ ^c   Webster, Glenys M ^f,g   Chen, Aimin ^h   Lanphear, Bruce P ^f,g  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^f SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g CHILDREN S AND WOMEN S HEALTH CENTRE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4, 4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CORTICOSTEROID; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FLAME RETARDANT; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SEX HORMONE; THYROID HORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BETA-HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; LINDANE; PENTABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; POLLUTANT;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BAYES THEOREM; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STEREOTYPY; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTANT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; TOXICITY;

CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FLAME RETARDANTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; LINDANE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 84899711826     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1307261     Document Type: Article

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