Article Commentary: Autism Spectrum Disorders and Identified Toxic Land Fills: Co-Occurrence across States

Environmental Health Insights

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Ming, Xue ^a   Brimacombe, Michael ^a   Malek, Joanne H ^b   Jani, Nisha ^a   Wagner, George C ^b  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

autism spectrum disorders; environmental toxins; superfund sites; toxic landfills

Indexed keywords

EID: 85073253361     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11786302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4137/EHI.S830     Document Type: Article

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