A qualitative analysis of lay beliefs about the aetiology and prevalence of autistic spectrum disorders

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 431-436

  Russell, Ginny ^a   Kelly, S ^a   Golding, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Autistic spectrum disorder; Grounded theory; Incidence; Lay beliefs; Lay understanding

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUTISM; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77955262724     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2009.00994.x     Document Type: Article

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