Sibling comparisons and confounding in autism epidemiological studies

JAMA Psychiatry

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 302-303

  Schendel, Diana E ^a,b   Parner, Erik ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrative Psychiatric Research   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; CESAREAN SECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; LETTER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SIBLING; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FORCEPS DELIVERY; MALE; PREGNANCY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CESAREAN SECTION; ELECTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; EXTRACTION, OBSTETRICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; SIBLINGS;

EID: 84962488422     PISSN: 2168622X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2015.2661     Document Type: Letter

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