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Temple, Valerie; Cook, Jocelynn L.; Unsworth, Kathy; Roberts, Nicole – Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2021
Introduction: There is significant symptom overlap between fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), which results from prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE), and autism spectrum disorder (ASD). There is also limited research regarding the comorbidity of these disorders. Method: Thirty-nine individuals with ASD and PAE (ASD+PAE) aged 3 to 30 years were…
Descriptors: Prenatal Influences, Drinking, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Autism
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Muckle, Gina; Ayotte, Pierre; Dewailly, Eric; Jacobson, Sandra W.; Jacobson, Joseph L. – Environmental Health Perspectives, 2001
Through their marine-based diet, the Inuit of Nunavik (Quebec) are exposed to neurotoxic environmental contaminants that impact cognitive development. Mercury levels in Nunavik Inuit mothers and newborns were higher than in U.S. and Canadian populations but lower than in previous Arctic samples. Lead, polychlorinated biphenyls, chorinated…
Descriptors: Canada Natives, Child Health, Environmental Influences, Eskimos