Traffic-Related Air Pollution and Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Population-Based Nested Case-Control Study in Israel

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 187, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 717-725

  Raz, Raanan ^a   Levine, Hagai ^a   Pinto, Ofir ^b   Broday, David M ^c   Yuval, ^c   Weisskopf, Marc G ^d  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b National Insurance Institute of Israel   (Israel)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

air pollution; autism spectrum disorder; traffic

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; AUTISM; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH RISK; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRAFFIC EMISSION;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ISRAEL; UNITED STATES;

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRAFFIC-RELATED POLLUTION;

EID: 85045431120     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwx294     Document Type: Article

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