Association between assisted reproductive technology conception and autism in California, 1997-2007

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 963-971

  Fountain, Christine ^a   Zhang, Yujia ^b   Kissin, Dmitry M ^b   Schieve, Laura A ^c   Jamieson, Denise J ^b   Rice, Catherine ^c   Bearman, Peter ^d  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MULTIPLE BIRTH OFFSPRING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84926620035     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302383     Document Type: Review

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