The association between the interpregnancy interval and autism spectrum disorder in a Canadian cohort

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2015, Pages e36-e42

  Coo, Helen ^a   Ouellette Kuntz, Hélène ^a   Lam, Yuk Miu ^a   Brownell, Marni ^b,c   Flavin, Michael P ^a   Roos, Leslie L ^b,c  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Administrative data; Autism; Interpregnancy interval; Manitoba centre for health policy; Record linkage; Secondary analysis

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME;

BIRTH INTERVALS; CANADA; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84931864347     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: 19207476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17269/CJPH.106.4667     Document Type: Article

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