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National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), Environmental Health Perspectives, 1(124), p. 133-140, 2016

DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1408483

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Air Pollution Exposure during Pregnancy and Childhood Autistic Traits in Four European Population-Based Cohort Studies: The ESCAPE Project

Journal article published in 2015 by Mònica Guxens, Akhgar Ghassabian ORCID, Tong Gong, Raquel Garcia-Esteban, Daniela Porta, Lise Giorgis-Allemand, Catarina Almqvist, Aritz Aranbarri, Rob M. J. (Rob) Beelen, Chiara Badaloni, Giulia Cesaroni ORCID, Audrey de Nazelle, A. (Audrey) de Nazelle, Marisa Estarlich ORCID, Francesco Forastiere and other authors.
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Prenatal exposure to air pollutants has been suggested as a possible etiologic factor for the occurrence of autism spectrum disorder. OBJECTIVES: To assess whether prenatal air pollution exposure is associated with childhood autistic traits in the general population. METHODS: Collaborative study of four European population-based birth/child cohorts -CATSS (Sweden), GENERATION R (the Netherlands), GASPII (Italy), and INMA (Spain). Nitrogen oxides (NO2, NOx) and particulate matter (PM) with diameters of