Environmental Conditions and Autism Spectrum Disorders
A special issue of Journal of Xenobiotics (ISSN 2039-4713).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2023) | Viewed by 9310
Special Issue Editors
Interests: herbicide; toxicology; glyphosate; Drosophila; reproduction
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that about 1 in 44 8-year-old children have Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Incidence of ASD have increased dramatically over the last several decades. There is no known single cause identified for this increasing trend, but recent studies have found certain associated factors in environmental conditions, genetics, sex, and health insurance status. Understanding causes of the increase in ASD frequency is complicated by this likely contribution of multiple factors. For example, exposures to air pollution, organophosphates, herbicides, and stress related to disasters have been investigated as factors related to ASD. This special issue, “Environmental Conditions and Autism Spectrum Disorders” aims to bring together information that addresses the relationship between a variety of environmental factors (broadly defined) that contribute to ASD. The specific aims are to explore trends, mechanisms, and circumstances of toxic exposures and environmental stressors and the associated role in ASD.
Dr. Becky Talyn
Prof. Dr. Teresa Dodd-Butera
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- autism spectrum disorders
- environmental factors
- toxic exposures
- pesticides
- natural disaster preparedness
- pollution
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