Systematic review of the association between particulate matter exposure and autism spectrum disorders

Environmental Research

Volumn 153, Issue , 2017, Pages 150-160

  Morales Suárez Varela, María ^a,b,c   Peraita Costa, Isabel ^a   Llopis González, Agustín ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c Center for Research on Public Health (CSISP)   (Spain)

Author keywords

ASD; Autism; Environmental pollutants; Particulate matter; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DETECTION METHOD; DIESEL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH IMPACT; LITERATURE REVIEW; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDER; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AUTISM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; META ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE;

EXHAUST GAS; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 85003828473     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2016.11.022     Document Type: Review

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