Perinatal and parental risk factors in an epidemiological study of children with autism spectrum disorder

International Journal of Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 108-116

  Cassimos, Dimitrios C ^a   Syriopoulou Delli, Christine K ^b   Tripsianis, Grigorios I ^a   Tsikoulas, Ioannis ^c  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA   (Greece)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Autism; Environmental; Genetic; Perinatal; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; GREECE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERINATAL PERIOD; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TWIN PREGNANCY;

EID: 84962633307     PISSN: 20473869     EISSN: 20473877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2047387715Y.0000000004     Document Type: Article

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