Exposure to air pollution from traffic and neurodevelopmental disorders in swedish twins

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 553-562

  Gong, Tong ^a   Almqvist, Catarina ^a,b   Bölte, Sven ^a,c   Lichtenstein, Paul ^a   Anckarsäter, Henrik ^d   Lind, Tomas ^c   Lundholm, Cecilia ^a   Pershagen, Göran ^a,c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ADHD; air pollution; autism; NOx; PM10; twins

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECTS; AIR POLLUTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWEDEN; TWINS;

AIR POLLUTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWEDEN;

EID: 84914152575     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: 18392628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/thg.2014.58     Document Type: Article

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