Autism spectrum disorder prevalence and proximity to industrial facilities releasing arsenic, lead or mercury

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 536, Issue , 2015, Pages 245-251

  Dickerson, Aisha S ^a   Rahbar, Mohammad H ^a,b   Han, Inkyu ^b   Bakian, Amanda V ^c   Bilder, Deborah A ^c   Harrington, Rebecca A ^d   Pettygrove, Sydney ^e   Durkin, Maureen ^f   Kirby, Russell S ^g   Wingate, Martha Slay ^h   Tian, Lin Hui ⁱ   Zahorodny, Walter M ^j   Pearson, Deborah A ^k   Moyé, Lemuel A ^b   Baio, Jon ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

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

^j RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Distance; Environment; Metals; Pollution

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; MERCURY (METAL); METALS; POLLUTION; POPULATION STATISTICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVEYS;

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY; DISTANCE; ENVIRONMENT; INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES; NEGATIVE BINOMIAL REGRESSION MODEL; TOXICS RELEASE INVENTORY; US ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

DISEASES;

ARSENIC; LEAD; MERCURY; AIR POLLUTANT;

ARSENIC; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CENSUS; LEAD; MERCURY (ELEMENT); NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHILD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; ANALYSIS; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; INDUSTRY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; ARSENIC; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; LEAD; MERCURY; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84937902926     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.07.024     Document Type: Article

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