Administrative Prevalence of autism spectrum disorders based on national disability registers in Taiwan

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 269-274

  Lin, Jin Ding ^a   Lin, Lan Ping ^a   Wu, Jia Ling ^b  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b Chung Hua Foundation for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Autism; Autism prevalence; Autism spectrum disorders; Disability register

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE REGISTRY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEWBORN; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; TAIWAN;

EID: 56749152418     PISSN: 17509467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2008.07.002     Document Type: Article

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