Traffic pollution and childhood autism


A Californian study just published in the Archives of General Psychiatry suggests a link between traffic pollution and autism in children.

Volk, H., F. Lurmann, et al. (2012). “Traffic-related air pollution, particulate matter, and autism.” Archives of General Psychiatry(Nov 2012): 1-7.

There were 279 children with autism and 245 controls.

Probability of autism and traffic pollution in first year of life

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