The epidemiology of smoking during pregnancy: smoking prevalence, maternal characteristics, and pregnancy outcomes

S Cnattingius - Nicotine & tobacco research, 2004 - academic.oup.com
The prevalence of smoking during pregnancy varies markedly across countries. In many
industrialized countries, prevalence rates appear to have peaked and begun to decline …

What causes autism? Exploring the environmental contribution

PJ Landrigan - Current opinion in pediatrics, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Expanded research is needed into environmental causation of autism. Children today are
surrounded by thousands of synthetic chemicals. Two hundred of them are neurotoxic in …

Research review: Birth by caesarean section and development of autism spectrum disorder and attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder: A systematic review and meta …

EA Curran, SM O'Neill, JF Cryan… - Journal of Child …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Background Given the growing prevalence of birth by Caesarean section (CS) worldwide, it
is important to understand any long‐term effects CS delivery may have on a child's …

Advancing maternal age is associated with increasing risk for autism: a review and meta-analysis

S Sandin, CM Hultman, A Kolevzon, R Gross… - Journal of the American …, 2012 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: We conducted a meta-analysis of epidemiological studies investigating the
association between maternal age and autism. METHOD: Using recommended guidelines …

Advancing paternal age and risk of autism: new evidence from a population-based study and a meta-analysis of epidemiological studies

CM Hultman, S Sandin, SZ Levine, P Lichtenstein… - Molecular …, 2011 - nature.com
Advanced paternal age has been suggested as a risk factor for autism, but empirical
evidence is mixed. This study examines whether the association between paternal age and …

[HTML][HTML] Atopic diseases and inflammation of the brain in the pathogenesis of autism spectrum disorders

TC Theoharides, I Tsilioni, AB Patel, R Doyle - Translational psychiatry, 2016 - nature.com
Autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) affect as many as 1 in 45 children and are characterized
by deficits in sociability and communication, as well as stereotypic movements. Many …

Risk factors for autism: perinatal factors, parental psychiatric history, and socioeconomic status

HJ Larsson, WW Eaton, KM Madsen… - American journal of …, 2005 - academic.oup.com
Research suggests that heredity and early fetal development play a causal role in autism.
This case-control study explored the association between perinatal factors, parental …

Advances in autism

DH Geschwind - Annual review of medicine, 2009 - annualreviews.org
Autism is a common childhood neurodevelopmental disorder with strong genetic liability. It is
not a unitary entity but a clinical syndrome, with variable deficits in social behavior and …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic and epigenetic etiology underlying autism spectrum disorder

SH Yoon, J Choi, WJ Lee, JT Do - Journal of clinical medicine, 2020 - mdpi.com
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a pervasive neurodevelopmental disorder characterized
by difficulties in social interaction, language development delays, repeated body …

The 'fractionable autism triad': a review of evidence from behavioural, genetic, cognitive and neural research

F Happé, A Ronald - Neuropsychology review, 2008 - Springer
Autism is diagnosed on the basis of a triad of impairments in social interaction,
communication, and flexible imaginative functions (with restricted and repetitive behaviors …