The prevalence of obesity in children with autism: A secondary data analysis using nationally representative data from the National Survey of Children's Health

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Curtin, Carol ^a   Anderson, Sarah E ^b   Must, Aviva ^c   Bandini, Linda ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEGRO; OBESITY; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; COMORBIDITY; INFANT;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77649309505     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-10-11     Document Type: Article

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