Maternal socio-economic status based on occupation and autism spectrum disorders: A national case-control study

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 523-530

  Lehti, Venla ^a   Hinkka Yli Salomäki, Susanna ^a   Cheslack Postava, Keely ^b   Gissler, Mika ^a,c,d   Brown, Alan S ^b,e   Sourander, Andre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^e New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Epidemiology; Risk factor; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; BLUE COLLAR WORKER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOUSEWIFE; HUMAN; LOWER WHITE COLLAR WORKER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER; OCCUPATION; PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PROGENY; SOCIAL STATUS; STUDENT; UPPER WHITE COLLAR WORKER; WHITE COLLAR WORKER; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; ECONOMICS; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; OCCUPATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84946838780     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: 15024725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08039488.2015.1011692     Document Type: Article

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