Investigating diagnostic substitution and autism prevalence trends

Pediatrics

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1436-1437

  Newschaffer, Craig J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NOTE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLASSIFICATION; EDUCATION;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646362771     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-2834     Document Type: Note

References (2)

1. Shattuck PT. The contribution of diagnostic substitution to the growing administrative prevalence of autism in US Special Education data. Pediatrics. 2006;117:1028-1037
2. Newschaffer CJ, Falb MD, Gurney JG. National autism prevalence trends from United States special education data. Pediatrics. 2005;115(3). Available at: www.pediatrics.org/cgi/content/full/115/3/e277