Environmental Science and Pollution Research

, Volume 23, Issue 23, pp 24416–24417 | Cite as

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and child mental health: is the effect modified by exposure to environmental nitrous oxide?

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Keywords

Autism Spectrum Disorder Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Autism Spectrum Disorder Child Mental Health NMDAR Subunit 
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Competing interests

The author declares that there is no competing interests.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Institute of Health and Environmental ResearchClevelandUSA

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