ASD	Autism Spectrum Disorder
SE	Selenium
PDD-NOS	Pervasive Developmental Disorder Not Otherwise Specified
AS EDCs	Asperger Syndrome Endocrine disrupting chemicals
DSMV	Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition
ADI-R	Autism Diagnostic Interview Revised
CARS	Autism Rating Scale
BMI	Body Mass Index
fT3	Free Triiodothyronine
fT4	Free Thyroxine
TSH	Thyroid Stimulating Hormone
ICP-MS	Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry
IQR	Interquartile Range
SD	Standard Deviation
SE	Standard Error
OR	Odds Ratio
CI	Confidence Interval