Perinatal exposure to traffic-related air pollution and autism spectrum disorders

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 119-126

  Gong, Tong ^a   Dalman, Christina ^a,b   Wicks, Susanne ^a,b   Dal, Henrik ^a,b   Magnusson, Cecilia ^a   Lundholm, Cecilia ^a   Almqvist, Catarina ^a,c   Pershagen, Göran ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN OXIDE; AIR POLLUTANT; EXHAUST GAS;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXHAUST GAS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWEDEN;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CHILD; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NITROGEN OXIDES; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SWEDEN; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 85008937064     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/EHP118     Document Type: Article

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