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Environmental factors influencing the risk of autism

2017; Medknow; Volume: 22; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.4103/1735-1995.200272

1735-7136

Mojgan Karahmadi, Padideh Karimi, Elahe Kamali, SeyyedMohammad Mousavi,

Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues

Autism is a developmental disability with age of onset in childhood (under 3 years old), which is characterized by definite impairments in social interactions, abnormalities in speech, and stereotyped pattern of behaviors. Due to the progress of autism in recent decades, a wide range of studies have been done to identify the etiological factors of autism. It has been found that genetic and environmental factors are both involved in autism pathogenesis. Hence, in this review article, a set of environmental factors involved in the occurrence of autism has been collected, and finally, some practical recommendations for reduction of the risk of this devastating disease in children are represented.