Perinatal Exposure to Hazardous Air Pollutants and Autism Spectrum Disorders at Age 8
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Perinatal exposure to hazardous air pollutants and autism spectrum disorders at age 8.
BACKGROUND Hazardous air pollutants are plausible candidate exposures for autism spectrum disorders. They have been explored in recent studies for their role in the development of these disorders. METHODS We used a prevalent case-control design to screen perinatal exposure to 35 hazardous air pollutants for further investigation in autism etiology. We included 383 children with autism spectru...
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عنوان ژورنال: Epidemiology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1044-3983
DOI: 10.1097/ede.0b013e3181e65d76