Autism Prevalence Following Prenatal Exposure to Hurricanes and Tropical Storms in Louisiana

Autor/inn/en	Kinney, Dennis K.; Miller, Andrea M.; Crowley, David J.; Huang, Emerald; Gerber, Erika
Titel	Autism Prevalence Following Prenatal Exposure to Hurricanes and Tropical Storms in Louisiana
Quelle	In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 38 (2008) 3, S.481-488 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3257
DOI	10.1007/s10803-007-0414-0
Schlagwörter	Incidence; Autism; Pregnancy; Children; Natural Disasters; Stress Variables; Computation; Census Figures; Prenatal Influences; Louisiana + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Vorkommen; Autismus; Schwangerschaft; Child; Kind; Kinder; Natural disaster; Naturkatastrophe; Volkszählung; Pränataler Einfluss
Abstract	Hurricanes and tropical storms served as natural experiments for investigating whether autism is associated with exposure to stressful events during sensitive periods of gestation. Weather service data identified severe storms in Louisiana from 1980 to 1995 and parishes hit by storm centers during this period. Autism prevalences in different cohorts were calculated using anonymous data on birth dates and parishes of children diagnosed with autism in the state mental health system, together with corresponding census data on all live births in Louisiana. Prevalence increased in dose-response fashion with severity of prenatal storm exposure, especially for cohorts exposed near the middle or end of gestation (p less than 0.001). Results complement other evidence that factors disrupting development during sensitive gestational periods may contribute to autism. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10