Neurodevelopmental delay diagnosis rates are increased in a region with aerial pesticide application

Frontiers in Pediatrics

Volumn 5, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Hicks, Steven D ^a,b   Wang, Ming ^b   Fry, Katherine ^a,c   Doraiswamy, Vignesh ^b   Wohlford, Eric M ^a,d  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^b PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c PALO ALTO MEDICAL FOUNDATION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorder; Environment; Neurodevelopmental disorder; Pesticide; Pyrethroid

Indexed keywords

EID: 85022180809     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22962360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fped.2017.00116     Document Type: Article

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