The spatial structure of autism in California, 1993-2001

Health and Place

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 539-546

  Mazumdar, Soumya ^a   King, Marissa ^a   Liu, Ka Yuet ^a   Zerubavel, Noam ^a   Bearman, Peter ^a  

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

Author keywords

Autism; California; Clusters; GIS (Geographical Information Systems); Spatial

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GIS; HEALTH RISK; MENTAL HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL DATA;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77649188244     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2009.12.014     Document Type: Article

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