US Department of Education data on "autism" are not reliable for tracking autism prevalence

Pediatrics

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Laidler, James R ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism*Prevalence*Education

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL REENTRY; UNITED STATES; CHILD; GOVERNMENT;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AGENCIES;

EID: 33644611013     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-2341     Document Type: Article

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