| Title: | "Long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and autism spectrum disorder in children: A case-control study in Tehran, Iran" |
| Author(s): | Yousefian F; Mahvi AH; Yunesian M; Hassanvand MS; Kashani H; Amini H; |
| Address: | "Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Center for Air Pollution Research, Institute for Environmental Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Center for Solid Waste Research, Institute for Environmental Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Electronic address: ahmahvi@yahoo.com. Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Department of Research Methodology and Data Analysis, Institute for Environmental Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Electronic address: yunesian@tums.ac.ir. Center for Air Pollution Research, Institute for Environmental Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Department of Research Methodology and Data Analysis, Institute for Environmental Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Basel, Switzerland; University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland" |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.06.259 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1879-1026 (Electronic) 0048-9697 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Some recent human and animal studies have suggested that air pollution may affect the central nervous system and contribute to neurodevelopmental outcomes, such as autism spectrum disorder (ASD). We aimed to investigate the association between long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and increased odds of ASD among 2 to 10-year-old children. We conducted a case-control study in Tehran, Iran. Cases were 134 children born between 2004 and 2012 diagnosed with ASD whose mothers were resident in Tehran during their pregnancy, and controls were 388 children without ASD randomly selected from public schools and kindergartens. Land-use regression models were used to estimate their annual mean exposure to ambient particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter |
| Keywords: | "Air Pollutants Air Pollution/*statistics & numerical data Autism Spectrum Disorder/*epidemiology Case-Control Studies Child Child, Preschool Environmental Exposure/*statistics & numerical data Environmental Monitoring Humans Iran/epidemiology Particulate;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineYousefian, Fatemeh Mahvi, Amir Hossein Yunesian, Masud Hassanvand, Mohammad Sadegh Kashani, Homa Amini, Heresh eng Netherlands 2018/09/08 Sci Total Environ. 2018 Dec 1; 643:1216-1222. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.06.259. Epub 2018 Jul 4" |
