Socioeconomic inequality in the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder: Evidence from a U.S. cross-sectional study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Durkin, Maureen S ^a,b   Maenner, Matthew J ^a,b   Meaney, F John ^c   Levy, Susan E ^d   di Guiseppi, Carolyn ^e   Nicholas, Joyce S ^f   Kirby, Russell S ^g   Pinto Martin, Jennifer A ^d   Schieve, Laura A ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e Food Science and Human Nutrition   (United States)

^f MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^h NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; AUTISM; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; SOCIAL CLASS;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955371018     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011551     Document Type: Article

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