Diagnostic change and the increased prevalence of autism

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1224-1234

  King, Marissa ^a   Bearman, Peter ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE SPREAD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MENTAL HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLNESS TRAJECTORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MORBIDITY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349856176     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyp261     Document Type: Article

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