Investigating the effects of environmental factors on autism spectrum disorder in the USA using remotely sensed data

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2018, Pages 7924-7936

  Al Hamdan, Ashraf Z ^a   Preetha, Pooja P ^a   Albashaireh, Reem N ^b   Al Hamdan, Mohammad Z ^c   Crosson, William L ^c  

^a University of Alabama in Huntsville   (United States)

^b ALABAMA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Air quality index; Autism spectrum disorder; Fine particulate matter; Heat index; Remote sensing; Sunlight

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; AUTISM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISEASE PREVALENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENDER; INDEX METHOD; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RACE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SMOKING; SOLAR RADIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; AUTISM; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; REMOTE SENSING; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PREVALENCE; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85039992701     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-017-1114-8     Document Type: Article

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