Environmental toxicants and autism spectrum disorders: a systematic review.

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Published in Transl Psychiatry on February 11, 2014

Authors

D A Rossignol1, S J Genuis2, R E Frye3

Author Affiliations

1: Family Medicine, Rossignol Medical Center, Irvine, CA, USA.
2: Faculty of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
3: Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA.

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