Blood ASD 452 Blood mercury After accounting et al. [58] levels in autism vs. for dietary and Environ Health 2-5 y controls other differences in Perspect mercury exposures, total mercury in blood not statistically different Yau et al. ASD 84 Prenatal and Total mercury in Environ Res Controls 159 exposures to serum collected [59] mercury from mothers <1 y during pregnancy and newborn bloodspots were not significantly associated with ASD Blood Rahbar et al. ASD 109 Investigate the Did not find a Neurotox Res Controls 109 association significant [60] between blood difference 2-8 y mercury (P = 0.61) between concentrations in blood mercury control children concentrations and and ASDs ASDs Blood/toxicokinetic McKean et al. ASD 164 Using Cumulative model [61] DD 35 methyl-mercury Environ Health Controls 58 concentration exposure does not Mother infant estimates from appear to pairs 274 toxicokinetic detectably elevate model, the risk of autism <1 y exposure or developmental estimated in delay autism, DD, and controls
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