Issue 15, April 16, 2012
Vol. 4, Issue: 15, 4/16/12
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This week’s Science Clips features articles related to the April 17, 2012 release of CDC Vital Signs on pediatric and adolescent injury prevention (www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns). Those articles marked with an asterisk are general review articles which may be of particular interest to clinicians and public health professionals seeking background information on the subject.
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CDC Vital Signs
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Childhood Injury Prevention
- *A review of unintentional injuries in adolescentsexternal icon
Sleet DA, Ballesteros MF, Borse NN.
Annu Rev Public Health. 2010 Apr 21;31:195-212 4 p following 212.
- *Unintentional injuries in pediatricsexternal icon
Judy K.
Pediatr Rev. 2011 Oct;32(10):431-8; quiz 439.
- Widening socioeconomic disparities in US childhood mortality, 1969-2000external icon
Singh GK, Kogan MD.
Am J Public Health. 2007 Sep;97(9):1658-65.
- Graduated driver licensing for reducing motor vehicle crashes among young driversexternal icon
Russell KF, Vandermeer B, Hartling L.
Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2011 (10):CD003300.
- Vital signs: overdoses of prescription opioid pain relievers—United States, 1999–2008external icon
Paulozzi L, Jones C, Mack K, Rudd R.
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011 Nov 4;60(43):1487-92.
- An analysis of the significant decline in motor vehicle traffic fatalities in 2008
Longthorne A, Subramanian R, Chen C.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. DOT HS 811 346. 2010 .
- Drug poisoning deaths in the United States, 1980-2008
Warner M, Chen L, Makuc D, Anderson R, Minino A.
NCHS Data Brief. 2011 (81):1-8.
- SIDS and other sleep-related infant deaths: expansion of recommendations for a safe infant sleeping environmentexternal icon
Moon RY, Darnall R, Goodstein M, Hauck F.
Pediatrics. 2011 Nov;128(5):e1341-67.
- Prevention of drowningexternal icon
Weiss J.
Pediatrics. 2010 Jul;126(1):e253-62.
- World report on childhood injury prevention
Peden M, Oyegbite K, Ozanne-Smith J, Hyder A, Branche C, Rahman A.
World Health Organization. 2008 .
- *A review of unintentional injuries in adolescentsexternal icon
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CDC Authored Publications
The names of CDC authors are indicated in bold text.
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Chronic Diseases and Conditions
- Trajectories of kidney function decline in the 2 years before initiation of long-term dialysisexternal icon
O’Hare AM, Batten A, Burrows NR, Pavkov ME, Taylor L, Gupta I, Todd-Stenberg J, Maynard C, Rodriguez RA, Murtagh FE, Larson EB, Williams DE.
Am J Kidney Dis. 2012 Apr;59(4):513-22.
- Patterns of colorectal cancer test use, including CT colonography, in the 2010 National Health Interview Surveyexternal icon
Shapiro JA, Klabunde C, Thompson TD, Nadel M, Seeff LC, White A.
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2012 Apr 6.
- The body adiposity index (hip circumference / height(1.5)) is not a more accurate measure of adiposity than is BMI, waist circumference, or hip circumferenceexternal icon
Freedman DS, Thornton J, Pi-Sunyer FX, Heymsfield SB, Wang J, Pierson Jr RN, Blanck HM, Gallagher D.
Obesity (Silver Spring). 2012 Apr 9.
- Trajectories of kidney function decline in the 2 years before initiation of long-term dialysisexternal icon
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Communicable Diseases
- Fatal Rocky Mountain spotted fever in the United States, 1999-2007external icon
Dahlgren FS, Holman RC, Paddock CD, Callinan LS, McQuiston JH.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2012 Apr;86(4):713-9.
- Nocardia cyriacigeorgica infections attributable to unlicensed cosmetic procedures — an emerging public health problem?external icon
Apostolou A, Bolcen SJ, Dave V, Jani N, Lasker BA, Tan CG, Montana B, Brown JM, Genese CA.
Clin Infect Dis. 2012 Apr 5.
- The roles of Clostridium difficile and norovirus among gastroenteritis-associated deaths in the United States, 1999-2007external icon
Hall AJ, Curns AT, McDonald LC, Parashar UD, Lopman BA.
Clin Infect Dis. 2012 Apr 4.
- Reaching the last one percent: progress and challenges in global polio eradicationexternal icon
Kew O.
Curr Opin Virol. 2012 Apr;2(2):188-98.
- Effect of HIV infection on tolerability and bacteriologic outcomes of tuberculosis treatmentexternal icon
Bliven-Sizemore EE, Johnson JL, Goldberg S, Burman WJ, Villarino ME, Chaisson RE, Consortium FT.
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2012 Feb 8.
- Increasing directly observed therapy related to improved tuberculosis treatment outcomes in Taiwan
Bloss E, Chan PC, Cheng NW, Wang KF, Yang SL, Cegielski P.
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2012 01 Apr;16(4):462-467.
- Reasons for non-participation in an international multicenter trial of a new drug for tuberculosis treatment
Lamunu D, Chapman KN, Nsubuga P, Muzanyi G, Mulumba Y, Mugerwa MA, Goldberg S, Bozeman L, Engle M, Saukkonen J, Mastranunzio S, Mayanja-Kizza H, Johnson JL.
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2012 01 Apr;16(4):480-485.
- Symptom screen for identification of highly infectious tuberculosis in people living with HIV in southeast Asiaexternal icon
Kim L, Heilig CM, McCarthy KD, Phanuphak N, Chheng P, Nong K, Quy HT, Sar B, Cain KP, Varma JK.
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2012 Apr 6.
- Development of a clinical screening index predictive of incident HIV infection among men who have sex with men (MSM) in the United Statesexternal icon
Pals SL, Herbst JH, Shinde S, Carey JW.
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2012 Apr 6.
- In vitro characterization of a nineteenth-century therapy for smallpoxexternal icon
Arndt W, Mitnik C, Denzler KL, White S, Waters R, Jacobs BL, Rochon Y, Olson VA, Damon IK, Langland JO.
PLoS One. 2012 ;7(3):e32610.
- Fatal Rocky Mountain spotted fever in the United States, 1999-2007external icon
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Disaster Control and Emergency Services
- The integration of mental and behavioral health into disaster preparedness, response, and recoveryexternal icon
Pfefferbaum B, Flynn BW, Schonfeld D, Brown LM, Jacobs GA, Dodgen D, Donato D, Kaul RE, Stone B, Norwood AE, Reissman DB, Herrmann J, Hobfoll SE, Jones RT, Ruzek JI, Ursano RJ, Taylor RJ, Lindley D.
Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2012 Mar;6(1):60-66.
- The H1N1 crisis: a case study of the integration of mental and behavioral health in public health crisesexternal icon
Pfefferbaum B, Schonfeld D, Flynn BW, Norwood AE, Dodgen D, Kaul RE, Donato D, Stone B, Brown LM, Reissman DB, Jacobs GA, Hobfoll SE, Jones RT, Herrmann J, Ursano RJ, Ruzek JI.
Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2012 Mar;6(1):67-71.
- The integration of mental and behavioral health into disaster preparedness, response, and recoveryexternal icon
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Disease Reservoirs and Vectors
- Existence of the Rdl mutant alleles among the Anopheles malaria vector in Indonesiaexternal icon
Asih PB, Syahrani L, Rozi IE, Pratama NR, Marantina SS, Arsyad DS, Mangunwardoyo W, Hawley W, Laihad F, Shinta S, Sukowati S, Lobo NF, Syafruddin D.
Malar J. 2012 Feb 25;11(1):57.
- Existence of the Rdl mutant alleles among the Anopheles malaria vector in Indonesiaexternal icon
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Drug Safety
- Peramivir use for treatment of hospitalized patients with influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 under Emergency Use Authorization, October 2009 – June 2010external icon
Yu Y, Garg S, Yu PA, Kim HJ, Patel A, Merlin T, Redd S, Uyeki TM.
Clin Infect Dis. 2012 Apr 5.
- Peramivir use for treatment of hospitalized patients with influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 under Emergency Use Authorization, October 2009 – June 2010external icon
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Epidemiology and Surveillance
- Severe outcomes are associated with genogroup 2 genotype 4 norovirus outbreaks: a systematic literature reviewexternal icon
Desai R, Hembree CD, Handel A, Matthews JE, Dickey BW, McDonald S, Hall AJ, Parashar UD, Leon JS, Lopman B.
Clin Infect Dis. 2012 Apr 4.
- A model-based tool to predict the propagation of infectious disease via airportsexternal icon
Hwang GM, Mahoney PJ, James JH, Lin GC, Berro AD, Keybl MA, Goedecke DM, Mathieu JJ, Wilson T.
Travel Med Infect Dis. 2012 Jan;10(1):32-42.
- Severe outcomes are associated with genogroup 2 genotype 4 norovirus outbreaks: a systematic literature reviewexternal icon
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Food Safety
- Vibrio mimicus infection associated with crayfish consumption, Spokane, Washington, 2010external icon
Kay MK, Cartwright EJ, Maceachern D, McCullough J, Barzilay E, Mintz E, Duchin JS, MacDonald K, Turnsek M, Tarr C, Talkington D, Newton A, Marfin AA.
J Food Prot. 2012 Apr;75(4):762-4.
- Vibrio mimicus infection associated with crayfish consumption, Spokane, Washington, 2010external icon
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Genetics and Genomics
- Prospective study of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) variant C677T and risk of all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality among 6000 US adultsexternal icon
Yang Q, Bailey L, Clarke R, Flanders WD, Liu T, Yesupriya A, Khoury MJ, Friedman JM.
Am J Clin Nutr. 2012 Apr 4.
- F8 gene mutation type and inhibitor development in patients with severe hemophilia A: systematic review and meta-analysisexternal icon
Gouw SC, van den Berg HM, Oldenburg J, Astermark J, de Groot PG, Margaglione M, Thompson AR, van Heerde W, Boekhorst J, Miller CH, le Cessie S, van der Bom JG.
Blood. 2012 Mar 22;119(12):2922-34.
- Prospective study of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) variant C677T and risk of all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality among 6000 US adultsexternal icon
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Health Communication and Education
- Emergency health risk communication during the 2007 San Diego wildfires: comprehension, compliance, and recallexternal icon
Sugerman DE, Keir JM, Dee DL, Lipman H, Waterman SH, Ginsberg M, Fishbein DB.
J Health Commun. 2012 Apr 11.
- Emergency health risk communication during the 2007 San Diego wildfires: comprehension, compliance, and recallexternal icon
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Immunity and Immunization
- Comparative tuberculosis (TB) prevention effectiveness in children of Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccines from different sources, Kazakhstanexternal icon
Favorov M, Ali M, Tursunbayeva A, Aitmagambetova I, Kilgore P, Ismailov S, Chorba T.
PLoS One. 2012 ;7(3):e32567.
- Impact of preexisting adenovirus vector immunity on immunogenicity and protection conferred with an adenovirus-based H5N1 influenza vaccineexternal icon
Pandey A, Singh N, Vemula SV, Couetil L, Katz JM, Donis R, Sambhara S, Mittal SK.
PLoS One. 2012 ;7(3):e33428.
- Pertussis control: time for something new?external icon
Clark TA, Messonnier NE, Hadler SC.
Trends Microbiol. 2012 Apr 9.
- Improved equity in measles vaccination from integrating insecticide-treated bednets in a vaccination campaign, Madagascarexternal icon
Goodson JL, Kulkarni MA, Vanden Eng JL, Wannemuehler KA, Cotte AH, Desrochers RE, Randriamanalina B, Luman ET.
Trop Med Int Health. 2012 Jan 24.
- Comparative tuberculosis (TB) prevention effectiveness in children of Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccines from different sources, Kazakhstanexternal icon
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Injury and Violence
- Partnering strategies for childhood agricultural safety and healthexternal icon
Hard DL.
J Agromedicine. 2012 Apr;17(2):225-31.
- Educating coaches about concussion in sports: evaluation of the CDC’s “Heads Up: Concussion in Youth Sports” initiativeexternal icon
Covassin T, Elbin RJ, Sarmiento K.
J Sch Health. 2012 May;82(5):233-238.
- Prehospital injury deaths – strengthening the case for prevention: nationwide cohort studyexternal icon
Gedeborg R, Chen LH, Thiblin I, Byberg L, Melhus H, Michaelsson K, Warner M.
J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2012 Mar;72(3):765-772.
- Partnering strategies for childhood agricultural safety and healthexternal icon
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Laboratory Sciences
- Human papillomavirus antibody reference reagents for use in postvaccination surveillance serologyexternal icon
Bissett SL, Wilkinson D, Tettmar KI, Jones N, Stanford E, Panicker G, Faust H, Borrow R, Soldan K, Unger ER, Dillner J, Minor P, Beddows S.
Clin Vaccine Immunol. 2012 Mar;19(3):449-51.
- Epidemiologic cutoff values for triazole drugs in Cryptococcus gattii: correlation of molecular type and in vitro susceptibilityexternal icon
Lockhart SR, Iqbal N, Bolden CB, Debess EE, Marsden-Haug N, Worhle R, Thakur R, Harris JR.
Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2012 Apr 9.
- Comparison of HIV-1 resistance profiles in plasma RNA versus PBMC DNA in heavily treated patients in Honduras, a resource-limited countryexternal icon
Diallo K, Murillo WE, de Rivera IL, Albert J, Zhou Z, Nkengasong J, Zhang G, Sabatier JF, Yang C.
Int J Mol Epidemiol Genet. 2012 ;3(1):56-65.
- Evaluation of a high-throughput diagnostic system for detection of HIV-1 in dried blood spot samples from infants in Mozambiqueexternal icon
Jani IV, Sabatier J, Vubil A, Subbarao S, Bila D, de Sousa A, Mabunda N, Garcia A, Skaggs B, Ellenberger D, Ramos A.
J Clin Microbiol. 2012 Apr;50(4):1458-60.
- Frequency of decreased susceptibility and resistance to echinocandins among fluconazole-resistant bloodstream isolates of Candida glabrataexternal icon
Pfaller MA, Castanheira M, Lockhart SR, Ahlquist AM, Messer SA, Jones RN.
J Clin Microbiol. 2012 Apr;50(4):1199-203.
- Resveratrol inhibits paraquat-induced oxidative stress and fibrogenic response by activating the Nrf2 pathwayexternal icon
He X, Wang L, Szklarz G, Bi Y, Ma Q.
J Pharmacol Exp Ther. 2012 Apr 4.
- Elucidating the role of the complement control protein in monkeypox pathogenicityexternal icon
Hudson PN, Self J, Weiss S, Braden Z, Xiao Y, Girgis NM, Emerson G, Hughes C, Sammons SA, Isaacs SN, Damon IK, Olson VA.
PLoS One. 2012 ;7(4):e35086.
- Human papillomavirus antibody reference reagents for use in postvaccination surveillance serologyexternal icon
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Maternal and Child Health
- Secular trends in pediatric BMIexternal icon
Ogden CL, Freedman DS.
Am J Clin Nutr. 2012 Apr 4.
- Secular trends in pediatric BMIexternal icon
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Nutritional Sciences
- Selling Sprinkles micronutrient powder reduces anemia, iron deficiency, and vitamin A deficiency in young children in Western Kenya: a cluster-randomized controlled trialexternal icon
Suchdev PS, Ruth LJ, Woodruff BA, Mbakaya C, Mandava U, Flores-Ayala R, Jefferds ME, Quick R.
Am J Clin Nutr. 2012 Apr 4.
- Assessing vitamin status in large population surveys by measuring biomarkers and dietary intake – two case studies: folate and vitamin Dexternal icon
Pfeiffer CM, Schleicher RL, Johnson CL, Coates PM.
Food Nutr Res. 2012 ;56.
- Selling Sprinkles micronutrient powder reduces anemia, iron deficiency, and vitamin A deficiency in young children in Western Kenya: a cluster-randomized controlled trialexternal icon
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Occupational Safety and Health
- Comparison of filter and wall deposits from samplers used to collect airborne lead-containing dusts at field sites
Chisholm WP, Lee T, Slaven JE, Nelson J, Harper M.
Aerosol Sci Technol. 2012 ;46(4):411-418.
- Gender differences in acute pesticide-related illnesses and injuries among farmworkers in the United States, 1998-2007external icon
Kasner EJ, Keralis JM, Mehler L, Beckman J, Bonnar-Prado J, Lee SJ, Diebolt-Brown B, Mulay P, Lackovic M, Waltz J, Schwartz A, Mitchell Y, Moraga-McHaley S, Roisman R, Gergely R, Calvert GM.
Am J Ind Med. 2012 Apr 11.
- Prevalence and work-relatedness of carpal tunnel syndrome in the working population, United States, 2010 National Health Interview Surveyexternal icon
Luckhaupt SE, Dahlhamer JM, Ward BW, Sweeney MH, Sestito JP, Calvert GM.
Am J Ind Med. 2012 Apr 11.
- Socioeconomic status and lifetime risk for workplace eye injury reported by a US population aged 50 years and overexternal icon
Luo H, Beckles GL, Fang X, Crews JE, Saaddine JB, Zhang X.
Ophthalmic Epidemiol. 2012 Apr;19(2):103-10.
- Comparison of filter and wall deposits from samplers used to collect airborne lead-containing dusts at field sites
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Program Evaluation
- News from the CDC: scaling up sustainable intervention delivery – lessons learned from the CDC Arthritis Program
Brady TJ, Sniezek J, Ramsey LA.
Transl Behav Med. 2012 March;2(1):3-5.
- News from the CDC: scaling up sustainable intervention delivery – lessons learned from the CDC Arthritis Program
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Public Health Leadership and Management
- Physician characteristics and beliefs associated with use of pelvic examinations in asymptomatic womenexternal icon
Stormo AR, Cooper CP, Hawkins NA, Saraiya M.
Prev Med. 2012 Mar 28.
- Trends in health worker performance after implementing the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness strategy in Benin
Rowe AK, Osterholt DM, Kouame J, Piercefield E, Herman KM, Onikpo F, Lama M, Deming MS.
Trop Med Int Health. 2012 April;17(4):438-446.
- Physician characteristics and beliefs associated with use of pelvic examinations in asymptomatic womenexternal icon
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Reproductive Health
- Recency of pap testing and future testing plans among women aged 18-64: analysis of the 2007 Health Information National Trends Surveyexternal icon
Ashok M, Berkowitz Z, Hawkins NA, Tangka F, Saraiya M.
J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2012 Apr 5.
- Recency of pap testing and future testing plans among women aged 18-64: analysis of the 2007 Health Information National Trends Surveyexternal icon
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Statistics as Topic
- Use of pooled samples from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveyexternal icon
Caudill SP.
Stat Med. 2012 Apr 11.
- Use of pooled samples from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveyexternal icon
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Substance Use and Abuse
- Subtance use and type and severity of injury among hospitalized trauma cases: Ohio, 2004-2007external icon
Socie E, Duffy RE, Erskine T.
J Stud Alcohol Drugs. 2012 Mar;73(2):260-7.
- The conundrum of smoking cessation and weight gainexternal icon
Flegal KM.
Prev Med. 2012 Mar;54(3-4):193-4.
- Subtance use and type and severity of injury among hospitalized trauma cases: Ohio, 2004-2007external icon
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Zoonoses
- Anthrax outbreaks in Bangladesh, 2009-2010external icon
Chakraborty A, Khan SU, Hasnat MA, Parveen S, Islam MS, Mikolon A, Chakraborty RK, Ahmed BN, Ara K, Haider N, Zaki SR, Hoffmaster AR, Rahman M, Luby SP, Hossain MJ.
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2012 Apr;86(4):703-10.
- Anthrax outbreaks in Bangladesh, 2009-2010external icon
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Public Health Articles Noted in the Media
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MMWR in the Media
- Antibodies cross-reactive to influenza A (H3N2) variant virus and impact of 2010-11 seasonal influenza vaccine on cross-reactive antibodies – United Statesexternal icon
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2012 Apr 13;61(14):237-41.
- Human Orf virus infection from household exposures – United States, 2009-2011external icon
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2012 Apr 13;61(14):245-8.
- Influenza outbreaks at two correctional facilities – Maine, March 2011external icon
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2012 Apr 6;61(13):229-32.
- Rabies risk assessment of exposures to a bat on a commercial airliner – United States, August 2011external icon
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2012 Apr 13;61(14):242-4.
- Antibodies cross-reactive to influenza A (H3N2) variant virus and impact of 2010-11 seasonal influenza vaccine on cross-reactive antibodies – United Statesexternal icon
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Chronic Diseases and Conditions
- Increasing incidence of melanoma among young adults: an epidemiological study in Olmsted County, Minnesotaexternal icon
Reed KB, Brewer JD, Lohse CM, Bringe KE, Pruitt CN, Gibson LE.
Mayo Clin Proc. 2012 Apr;87(4):328-34.
- Increasing incidence of melanoma among young adults: an epidemiological study in Olmsted County, Minnesotaexternal icon
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Maternal and Child Health
- Maternal metabolic conditions and risk for autism and other neurodevelopmental disordersexternal icon
Krakowiak P, Walker CK, Bremer AA, Baker AS, Ozonoff S, Hansen RL, Hertz-Picciotto I.
Pediatrics. 2012 Apr 9.
- Maternal metabolic conditions and risk for autism and other neurodevelopmental disordersexternal icon
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