Air pollution exposure during pregnancy and childhood autistic traits in four European population-based cohort studies: The ESCAPE project

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 133-140

  Guxens, Mònica ^a,b,c,d   Ghassabian, Akhgar ^d,e   Gong, Tong ^f   Garcia Esteban, Raquel ^a,b,c   Porta, Daniela ^g   Giorgis Allemand, Lise ^h,i   Almqvist, Catarina ^f   Aranbarri, Aritz ^j,k   Beelen, Rob ^l   Badaloni, Chiara ^g   Cesaroni, Giulia ^g   De Nazelle, Audrey ^a,b,c,m   Estarlich, Marisa ^c,n   Forastiere, Francesco ^g   Forns, Joan ^a,b,c,o   Gehring, Ulrike ^l   Ibarluzea, Jesús ^c,k,p   Jaddoe, Vincent W V ^d,e   Korek, Michal ^f   Lichtenstein, Paul ^f   Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J ^a,b,c   Rebagliato, Marisa ^c,n,q   Slama, Rémy ^h,i   Tiemeier, Henning ^d,e   Verhulst, Frank C ^d   Volk, Heather E ^r,s   Pershagen, Göran ^f   Brunekreef, Bert ^b,t   Sunyer, Jordi ^a,b,c,u   more..

^a CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^e ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^g DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Italy)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

ⁱ UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^j UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^k BIODONOSTIA HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Spain)

^l UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^m IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^o NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^p Chemical and Environmental Engineering Department   (Spain)

^q UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^r UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^s CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^t UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^u HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN OXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; META ANALYSIS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SMOKING; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; METABOLISM; TOXICITY;

AIR POLLUTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NITROGEN OXIDES; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84952645702     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1408483     Document Type: Article

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