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Comment
. 2014 Sep;122(9):A250.
doi: 10.1289/ehp.122-A250.

Echoes of autism? Inhaled ultrafine particles and brain changes in mice

Carol Potera
Comment

Echoes of autism? Inhaled ultrafine particles and brain changes in mice

Carol Potera. Environ Health Perspect. 2014 Sep.
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Images of lateral ventricles from control (A) and exposed (B) mice at postnatal day 14 show enlargement resulting from exposure to particulate matter (identified here as “concentrated ambient particles,” or CAPs). Image: Allen et al. (2014)
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