Does routine child health surveillance contribute to the early detection of children with pervasive developmental disorders? - An epidemiological fstudy in Kent, U.K

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Tebruegge, Marc ^a   Nandini, Vridhagiri ^a   Ritchie, Jane ^a  

^a Preston Hall Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asperger's syndrome; Autism; Autistic spectrum disorder; Child health surveillance; Pervasive developmental disorder

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH DEVELOPMENT; TEACHER; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 2642558032     PISSN: 14712431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-4-4     Document Type: Article

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