Commentary: Effects of diagnostic thresholds and research vs service and administrative diagnosis on autism prevalence

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1234-1238

  Charman, Tony ^a   Pickles, Andrew ^b   Chandler, Susie ^a   Wing, Lorna ^c   Bryson, Susan ^d   Simonoff, Emily ^e   Loucas, Tom ^f   Baird, Gillian ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c NAS Lorna Wing Centre for Autism   (United Kingdom)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^g GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; CASE FINDING; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC REASONING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; ILLNESS TRAJECTORY; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MORBIDITY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SYMPTOM; TREND STUDY;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CALIFORNIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MENTAL RETARDATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE;

EID: 70349856177     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyp256     Document Type: Note

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