Prenatal exposure to fever is associated with autism spectrum disorder in the boston birth cohort

Autism Research

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 1878-1890

  Brucato, Martha ^a,b   Ladd Acosta, Christine ^a   Li, Mengying ^a   Caruso, Deanna ^a   Hong, Xiumei ^a   Kaczaniuk, Jamie ^a   Stuart, Elizabeth A ^a   Fallin, M Daniele ^a   Wang, Xiaobin ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

autism spectrum disorder (ASD); environmental exposure; epidemiology; fever; maternal exposure; minority health; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FEVER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFLUENZA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL SMOKING; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RISK FACTOR; SEX; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES; UROGENITAL TRACT INFECTION; ADULT; CAUSALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; MASSACHUSETTS; MOTHER; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK;

ADULT; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; BOSTON; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSALITY; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FEVER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85033732443     PISSN: 19393792     EISSN: 19393806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aur.1841     Document Type: Article

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