Study showing evidence of a major environmental trigger for autism

Tuesday, November 11, 2008 - 16:07 in Health & Medicine

The American Medical Association journal Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine has published a new study by researchers at Cornell University indicating evidence of an environmental trigger for autism among genetically vulnerable children. It is the first peer-reviewed study to positively associate the prevalence of autism to a factor related to the levels of precipitation in the areas in which children live...

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