Commentary: On King and Bearman

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1241-1242

  Fombonne, Eric ^a  

^a MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; AWARENESS; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC REASONING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; ILLNESS TRAJECTORY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MORBIDITY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MENTAL RETARDATION; PREVALENCE;

EID: 70349886577     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyp259     Document Type: Note

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