Does autism cluster geographically? A research note

Autism

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-43

  Baron Cohen, Simon ^b   Saunders, Kim ^c   Chakrabarti, Suniti ^a  

^a Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Partnership NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Autism; Clustering; Environment; Epidemiology; Families

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033038563     PISSN: 13623613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362361399003001004     Document Type: Article

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