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Irva Hertz-Picciotto (born 1948), is an environmental epidemiologist best known for her studies of autism. She is Professor and Chief, Division of Environmental and Occupational Health, Department of Public Health Sciences, at the University of California, Davis (UC-Davis).〔Division of Environmental and Occupational Health, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of California, Davis. (Faculty. ) Retrieved 2010 October 15.〕 In addition, she is on the Research Faculty of the MIND (Medical Investigation of Neurodevelopmental Disorders) Institute at UC-Davis;〔UC Davis MIND Institute. (Research faculty. ) Retrieved 2010 October 15.〕 is Deputy Director of the UC-Davis Center for Children's Environmental Health;〔UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. (Center for Children's Environmental Health home page. ) Retrieved 2010 October 15.〕 and is on the faculty of the Center for Occupational and Environmental Health of the Universities of California at Berkeley, Davis, and San Francisco.〔Center for Occupational and Environmental Health. (Irva Hertz-Picciotto, PhD, MPH. ) Retrieved 2010 October 16.〕 Hertz-Picciotto serves on the advisory board of the anti-toxic chemical NGO Healthy Child, Healthy World.〔Healthy Child, Healthy World. (Irva Hertz-Picciotto, board member. ) Retrieved 2014 June 18.〕 ==Biography== Hertz-Picciotto received four degrees from the University of California at Berkeley: a B.A. in Mathematics in 1970, an M.P.H. in Epidemiology in 1984, a M.A. in Biostatistics in 1985, and a Ph.D. in Epidemiology in 1989.〔. Retrieved 2010 October 15.〕 She was on the faculty of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for 12 years before joining UC-Davis.〔UC Davis Health System. (Irva Hertz-Picciotto. ) Retrieved 2010 October 15.〕 She has published over 170 scientific articles,〔U.S. National Library of Medicine. Retrieved 2010 October 15.〕 including: * In 2009, Hertz-Picciotto and Delwiche analyzed data on autism in California and concluded that "younger ages at diagnosis, differential migration, changes in diagnostic criteria, and inclusion of milder cases do not fully explain the observed increases."〔Hertz-Picciotto I, Delwiche L. (The rise in autism and the role of age at diagnosis. ) Epidemiology. 2009 Jan;20(1):84-90. PMID 19234401〕 After publication of the article, she was quoted as saying that "It’s time to start looking for the environmental culprits responsible for the remarkable increase in the rate of autism in California."〔Cone M. (Autism epidemic not caused by shifts in diagnoses; environmental factors likely. ) Environmental Health News 2009 January 9. Retrieved 2010 October 15.〕 * She was the senior author of a 2010 study that detected autism "clusters" in California associated with high levels of education among the children's parents.〔Van Meter KC, Christiansen LE, Delwiche LD, Azari R, Carpenter TE, Hertz-Picciotto I. (Geographic distribution of autism in California: a retrospective birth cohort analysis. ) Autism Res. 2010 Feb;3(1):19-29. PMID 20049980〕〔Hamilton J. (Autism 'clusters' linked to parents' education. ) National Public Radio News 2010 January 6. Retrieved 2010 October 15.〕 * She was the senior author of another 2010 study using California data that showed that maternal age is associated with a higher risk of autism "regardless of the paternal age."〔Shelton JF, Tancredi DJ, Hertz-Picciotto I. Independent and dependent contributions of advanced maternal and paternal ages to autism risk. Autism Res. 2010 Feb;3(1):30-9.〕〔(Putting off motherhood increases risk of autistic child: researchers. ) The Telegraph 2010 Feb 9. Retrieved 2010 October 15.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Irva Hertz-Picciotto」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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