Open AccessAir Pollution and Autism Spectrum Disorder in Israel
Author(s) -
Hadas Magen-Molho,
Marc G. Weisskopf,
Daniel Nevo,
Alexandra Shtein,
Shimon Chen,
David M. Broday,
Itai Kloog,
Hagai Levine,
Ofir Pinto,
Raanan Raz
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.901
H-Index - 173
eISSN - 1531-5487
pISSN - 1044-3983
DOI - 10.1097/ede.0000000000001407
Subject(s) - confounding , odds ratio , confidence interval , medicine , interquartile range , autism spectrum disorder , logistic regression , pregnancy , case control study , demography , autism , biology , psychiatry , sociology , genetics
Residual confounding is a major concern for causal inference in observational studies on air pollution-autism spectrum disorder (ASD) associations. This study is aimed at assessing confounding in these associations using negative control exposures.