Maternal migration and autism risk: Systematic analysis

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 64-71

  Crafa, Daina ^a   Warfa, Nasir ^b  

^a DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; EPIGENETICS; HUMAN; MATERNAL STRESS; MIGRANT; MIGRATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; META ANALYSIS; MOTHER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HUMANS; MOTHERS;

EID: 84924368502     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: 13691627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09540261.2014.995601     Document Type: Article

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