Familial recurrence of autism spectrum disorder: Evaluating genetic and environmental contributions

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 171, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1206-1213

  Risch, Neil ^a   Hoffmann, Thomas J ^b   Anderson, Meredith ^b   Croen, Lisa A ^b   Grether, Judith K ^b   Windham, Gayle C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; AUTISM; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEREDITY; HIGH BIRTH WEIGHT; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL HALF SIBLING; PATERNAL HALF SIBLING; POPULATION RESEARCH; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SIBLING; ADOLESCENT; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; BIRTH ORDER; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENETICS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; BIRTH CERTIFICATES; BIRTH ORDER; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PREVALENCE; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SIBLINGS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84910150637     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: 15357228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2014.13101359     Document Type: Article

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