Daily Archives: April 21, 2013

Bereavement , Stress and Autism

Offspring psychopathology following preconception, prenatal and postnatal maternal bereavement stress. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23591021 Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA. Abstract BACKGROUND: Preconception, prenatal and postnatal maternal stress is associated with increased offspring psychopathology, but findings are inconsistent … Continue reading

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Pollution , Environment and Autism

Maternal Serum Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Finnish Prenatal Study of Autism: A Pilot Study. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23591055 Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY, United States Abstract Recent research emphasizes the contribution of environmental as … Continue reading

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