Increased risk of autism spectrum disorders at short and long interpregnancy intervals in Finland

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1074-1081.e4

  Cheslack Postava, Keely ^a   Suominen, Auli ^b   Jokiranta, Elina ^b   Lehti, Venla ^b   McKeague, Ian W ^a   Sourander, Andre ^c,d   Brown, Alan S ^a,d  

^a Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d New York State Psychiatric Institute ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

autism; autism spectrum disorders; birth spacing; interbirth interval; interpregnancy interval

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; BIRTH; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENING; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; INTERPREGNANCY INTERVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED; PREGNANCY; RISK; ADOLESCENT; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; FAMILY PLANNING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; BIRTH INTERVALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; REGISTRIES; RISK; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84907535043     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: 15275418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2014.06.009     Document Type: Article

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