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RESEARCH

Proximity to Freeway Associated With Autism

Children

living about 1,000 feet from a freeway at birth -- about 10%

of the sample -- had a two-fold increase in autism risk. (Geraldine

Wilkins / Los Angeles Times)

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ScienceDaily — Living near a freeway may

be associated with increased risk of autism, according to a study

published by a team of researchers from Children's Hospital Los

Angeles, the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern

California (USC) and the UC MIND Institute.

The paper will appear online in

the journal Environmental Health Perspectives this week.

"Children born to mothers living within

309 meters of a freeway appeared to be twice as likely to have autism,"

said Volk, PhD, MPH, and first author on the study. Dr. Volk

holds a joint appointment at the Community, Health Outcomes &

Intervention Research Program at The Saban Research Institute of

Children's Hospital Los Angeles, the Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute and

the Department of Preventative Medicine at USC.

Autism is a developmental disorder that

has long been ascribed to genetic factors. While changes in diagnostic

criteria and increased awareness have been thought to contribute to the

rising incidence of the disorder, these factors alone cannot explain

the dramatic increase in the number of children affected. The Centers

for Disease Control reported

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