Inverse relationship between urban green space and childhood autism in California elementary school districts

Environment International

Volumn 107, Issue , 2017, Pages 140-146

  Wu, Jianyong ^a   Jackson, Laura ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Autism spectrum disorder; Greenness; Near road tree canopy; School children

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; FORESTRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROADS AND STREETS;

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS; GREENNESS; NEGATIVE BINOMIAL REGRESSION MODEL; PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS; SCHOOL CHILDREN; SPATIAL REGRESSION MODEL; TRAFFIC-RELATED AIR POLLUTION; TREE CANOPY;

DISEASES;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CANOPY; CHILD HEALTH; GREENSPACE; INVERSE PROBLEM; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROLOGY; URBAN AREA;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CANOPY; CHILD; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GRASSLAND; GREEN SPACE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOISE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; CALIFORNIA; FOREST; POACEAE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREE; URBANIZATION;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FORESTS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POACEAE; PREVALENCE; SCHOOLS; TREES; URBANIZATION;

EID: 85025094874     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2017.07.010     Document Type: Article

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