Racial/ethnic disparities in the identification of children with autism spectrum disorders

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 493-498

  Mandell, David S ^a   Wiggins, Lisa D ^b   Carpenter, Laura Arnstein ^c   Daniels, Julie ^d   DiGuiseppi, Carolyn ^e   Durkin, Maureen S ^f   Giarelli, Ellen ^g   Morrier, Michael J ^h   Nicholas, Joyce S ^c   Pinto Martin, Jennifer A ^g   Shattuck, Paul T ⁱ   Thomas, Kathleen C ^d   Yeargin Allsopp, Marshalyn ^b   Kirby, Russell S ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e Global Health and Health Disparities   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^h EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH DISPARITY; RACE; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 61549093060     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.131243     Document Type: Article

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