Air toxics and the risk of autism spectrum disorder: The results of a population based case-control study in southwestern Pennsylvania

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Talbott, Evelyn O ^a   Marshall, Lynne P ^a   Rager, Judith R ^a   Arena, Vincent C ^a   Sharma, Ravi K ^a   Stacy, Shaina L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Air toxics; Autism spectrum disorder; Case control study; Chromium; Geographic information system; Styrene

Indexed keywords

1,1,1 TRICHLOROETHANE; 2,4 DINITROTOLUENE; ALLYL CHLORIDE; ARSENIC; BENZENE; CADMIUM; CARBON DISULFIDE; CHROMIUM; CRESOL; CUMENE; CYANIDE; DICHLOROMETHANE; ETHYLBENZENE; ETHYLENE OXIDE; HEXANE; HYDRAZINE; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; METHANOL; NEUROTOXIN; NICKEL; SELENIUM; STYRENE; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TOLUENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VINYL CHLORIDE; XYLENE; AIR POLLUTANT;

AGE; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CHILD HEALTH; CHROMIUM; GIS; HEALTH RISK; METHYL CHLORIDE; NEUROLOGY; POPULATION MODELING; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL IMPACT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TOXIC MATERIAL;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NEUROTOXICITY; PATHOGENESIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; UNITED STATES; AIR POLLUTANT; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHILD; INFANT; ODDS RATIO; PENNSYLVANIA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; TOXICITY;

PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEUROTOXINS; ODDS RATIO; PENNSYLVANIA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84943223064     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12940-015-0064-1     Document Type: Article

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