Prospective identification of autism spectrum disorders in infancy and toddlerhood using developmental surveillance: The social attention and communication study

Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 376-385

  Barbaro, Josephine ^a   Dissanayake, Cheryl ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

autism spectrum disorders; community based; developmental surveillance; infants; prospective identification; screening; toddlers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; PROCEDURES;

ATTENTION; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNICATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77953872334     PISSN: 0196206X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DBP.0b013e3181df7f3c     Document Type: Article

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