Screening for Autism in Infants, Children, and Adolescents

International Review of Research in Mental Retardation

Volumn 32, Issue , 2006, Pages 197-227

  Gray, Kylie M ^a   Tonge, Bruce J ^a   Brereton, Avril V ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 33750174896     PISSN: 00747750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0074-7750(06)32007-1     Document Type: Review

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