Autism spectrum disorders may stem from multiple factors

Tuesday, February 5, 2019 - 10:30 in Psychology & Sociology

Diagnosed cases of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in California rose by 600 percent from 1990 to 2003. Irva Hertz-Picciotto, Ph.D., director of the Environmental Health Sciences Core Center at the University of California-Davis, published this statistic in the journal Epidemiology a decade ago. The esteemed epidemiologist told the audience during the Jan. 8 NIEHS Distinguished Lecture that she […]

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