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Article: UC Davis to Begin Identifying Eligible Families for Study on Environmental Factors in Autism.
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- December 5, 2002
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Byline: Univ. of California, Davis, Medical Center
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Dec. 5 (AScribe Newswire) -- University of California, Davis researchers are ready to launch the first-ever major epidemiological case-control study of up to 2,000 California children to examine genetic and environmental factors that may affect the development of autism, mental retardation and developmental delay in children.
Parents of children who recently have become eligible to receive services from California's Regional Centers will receive information on how their child can join the Childhood Autism Risks from Genetics and the Environment (CHARGE) study of children between 2 and ...