Use of M-CHAT for a multinational screening of young children with autism in the Arab countries

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 281-289

  Seif Eldin, Amira ^a,e   Habib, Doa ^b   Noufal, Amal ^c   Farrag, Shewikar ^d   Bazaid, Khalid ^e   Al Sharbati, Marwan ^f   Badr, Hanan ^e   Moussa, Suaad ^g   Essali, Adib ^h   Gaddour, Naoufal ^e  

^a ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Child Mental Health Association (NGO)   (Egypt)

^c Alexandria Hospital   (Egypt)

^d MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^e Department of Child Psychiatry ^*  (Egypt)

^f SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^g CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^h Department of Psychiatry   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARAB; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHECKLIST; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HUMAN; INFANT; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL WELFARE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE EAST; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING;

ARABS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CAUSALITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE EAST; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 45849108365     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: 13691627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540260801990324     Document Type: Article

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