In utero exposure to toxic air pollutants and risk of childhood autism

Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 851-858

  Von Ehrenstein, Ondine S ^a   Aralis, Hilary ^a   Cockburn, Myles ^b   Ritz, Beate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,2 DICHLOROBENZENE; 1,3 BUTADIENE; 1,4 DICHLOROBENZENE; ACETALDEHYDE; BENZENE; CHLOROFORM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; DICHLOROMETHANE; ETHYLBENZENE; FORMALDEHYDE; LEAD; MANGANESE; META XYLENE; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; ORTHO XYLENE; PARA XYLENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SELENIUM; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TOLUENE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VANADIUM; AIR POLLUTANT; EXHAUST GAS;

ADULT; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTANT; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BIRTH WEIGHT; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHER; NEUROTOXICITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; RISK; TOXICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BIRTH CERTIFICATES; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; RISK; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 84927911407     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: 15315487     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000000150     Document Type: Article

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