Hidden in plain sight

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1172-1174

  Bresnahan, Michaeline ^a,b,c   Li, Guohua ^a,b,c   Susser, Ezra ^a,b,c  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Prevalence; Time trends

Indexed keywords

ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INFANTILE AUTISM; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TREND STUDY;

ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 70349860298     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyp293     Document Type: Editorial

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