Prevalence of autism in a US metropolitan area

JAMA

Volumn 289, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 49-55

  Yeargin Allsopp, Marshalyn ^a   Rice, Catherine ^a   Karapurkar, Tanya ^b   Doernberg, Nancy ^a   Boyle, Coleen ^a   Murphy, Catherine ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOMETRY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0037218690     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.289.1.49     Document Type: Article

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