Validation of the Social Communication Questionnaire in a population cohort of children with autism spectrum disorders

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1324-1332

  Chandler, Susie ^a   Charman, Tony ^b   Baird, Gillian ^a   Simonoff, Emily ^c   Loucas, Tom ^d   Meldrum, David ^e   Scott, Mimi ^f   Pickles, Andrew ^g  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^e Chatswood Assessment Centre   (Australia)

^f EAST SUSSEX HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Autism spectrum disorders; Identification; Pervasive developmental disorders; Screening; SNAP cohort

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL COMMUNICATION QUESTIONNAIRE; SPECIAL EDUCATION; VALIDATION STUDY;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34648846248     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/chi.0b013e31812f7d8d     Document Type: Article

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