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ArticleEnvironmental science and pollution research international2018

Investigating the effects of environmental factors on autism spectrum disorder in the USA using remotely sensed data.

Ashraf Z Al-Hamdan, Pooja P Preetha, Reem N Albashaireh, Mohammad Z Al-Hamdan, William L Crosson

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Article in Environmental science and pollution research international, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  2. Prenatal exposure to extreme heat and autism in children.The Science of the total environment · 2026
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  8. Methods, availability, and applications of PMJournal of the Air & Waste Management Association (1995) · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Ashraf Z Al-HamdanDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alabama in Huntsville, 301 Sparkman Drive, Huntsville, AL, 35899, USA. ashraf.al-hamdan@uah.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2012-3126
Pooja P PreethaDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alabama in Huntsville, 301 Sparkman Drive, Huntsville, AL, 35899, USA.
Reem N AlbashairehDepartment of Mathematics, Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University, Normal, AL, 35762, USA.
Mohammad Z Al-HamdanUniversities Space Research Association, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, National Space Science and Technology Center, 320 Sparkman Drive, Huntsville, AL, 35805, USA.
William L CrossonUniversities Space Research Association, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, National Space Science and Technology Center, 320 Sparkman Drive, Huntsville, AL, 35805, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aimed to assess the association between exposures to outdoor environmental factors and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) prevalence in a diverse and spatially distributed population of 8-year-old children from the USA (n = 2,097,188) using the air quality index (AQI) of the US Environmental Protection Agency as well as satellite-derived data of PM

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Remote Sensing TechnologyAir PollutantsAir PollutionAutism Spectrum DisorderChildEnvironmental ExposureEnvironmental MonitoringFemaleHumansMaleParticle SizeParticulate MatterPrevalenceRisk FactorsUnited StatesAir PollutantsParticulate MatterAir quality indexAutism spectrum disorderFine particulate matterHeat indexRemote sensingSunlight

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