Time trends in reported autistic spectrum disorders in Israel, 1972-2004

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 30-33

  Senecky, Yehuda ^a,b   Chodick, Gabriel ^b   Diamond, Gary ^a,b   Lobel, Danielle ^a,c   Drachman, Raphael ^d   Inbar, Dov ^a,b  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c Kramim Child Developmental Center   (Israel)

^d National Insurance Institute of Israel   (Israel)

Author keywords

Autism; Autism spectrum disorders; National insurance institute of Israel; Pervasive developmental disorder

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; JEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SOCIAL STATUS; TREND STUDY; ADOLESCENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 65349122948     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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