Autism Spectrum Disorders in Relation to Distribution of Hazardous Air Pollutants in the San Francisco Bay Area
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Autism Spectrum Disorders in Relation to Distribution of Hazardous Air Pollutants in the San Francisco Bay Area
OBJECTIVE To explore possible associations between autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and environmental exposures, we linked the California autism surveillance system to estimated hazardous air pollutant (HAP) concentrations compiled by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. METHODS Subjects included 284 children with ASD and 657 controls, born in 1994 in the San Francisco Bay area. We assign...
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عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Health Perspectives
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0091-6765,1552-9924
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.9120