Circannual Pattern of Autistic Births: Reanalysis in Three Ethnic Groups

Human Biology

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 585-592

  Ticher, A ^a   Ring, A ^b   Barak, Y ^b   Elizur, A ^b   Weizman, A ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b ABARBANEL MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Autism; Circannual; Environment; Year of birth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; JAPAN; MALE; META ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PERIODICITY; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISRAEL; JAPAN; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PERIODICITY; SEASONS;

EID: 0030211169     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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