An exploration of possible pre- and postnatal correlates of autism: A pilot survey

Psychological Reports

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 273-282

  Brown, Gary E ^a,b   Jones, Sherry D ^a   MacKewn, Angie S ^a   Plank, Esther J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT MARTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PERINATOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VOMITING;

ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERINATOLOGY; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PRENATAL CARE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEX FACTORS; VOMITING;

EID: 42349096918     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.102.1.273-282     Document Type: Article

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