Commentary: Diagnostic change and the increased prevalence of autism

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1239-1241

  Hertz Picciotto, Irva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC REASONING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; ILLNESS TRAJECTORY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MORBIDITY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY; UNITED STATES;

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

EID: 70349858277     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyp258     Document Type: Note

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