Autism and intellectual disability: A study of prevalence on a sample of the Italian population

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 262-267

  La Malfa, Giampaolo ^a,b   Lassi, S ^a   Bertelli, M ^a   Salvini, R ^a   Placidi, G F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autism; Intellectual disability; Pervasive developmental disorders

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PREVALENCE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTISTIC DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 1842855895     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2003.00567.x     Document Type: Article

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