Autism Spectrum Disorder and Hazardous Air Pollutants in the U.S. and Maryland

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dc.contributor.advisorDabney, Betty Jen_US
dc.contributor.authorTrousdale, Kristieen_US
dc.contributor.departmentMaryland Institute for Applied Environmental Healthen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-07T05:31:29Z
dc.date.available2010-07-07T05:31:29Z
dc.date.issued2010en_US
dc.description.abstractThe prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) diagnoses in the United States has increased dramatically over the past 20 years, fueling investigations into possible environmental triggers for the disorder. Exposures to pesticides, persistent pollutants, prescription medications, and heavy metals through various routes have been examined, but very few studies have examined the potential role of chronic inhalation of hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) in the etiology of ASD. This thesis was designed to examine possible relationships between HAPs and ASD prevalence on a statewide level for the U.S., with sub-analyses on a finer, countywide level within the state of Maryland. Findings suggest consistent, positive associations between ASD prevalence and HAPs at the statewide level for the U.S. The findings do not persist at the county level in the Maryland sub-analyses. These results reinforce the concept of ASD as a spectrum of phenotypes best explained through multifactorial etiological models.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/10512
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEnvironmental Healthen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledautismen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledhazardous air pollutantsen_US
dc.titleAutism Spectrum Disorder and Hazardous Air Pollutants in the U.S. and Marylanden_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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