Ten-year trend analysis of autism severity: A nationwide population-based register study

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 570-574

  Lin, Jin Ding ^a   Sung, Chang Lin ^a   Lin, Lan Ping ^a   Hsu, Shang Wei ^b   Chien, Wu Chien ^a   Su, Sui Lung ^a   Wu, Jia Ling ^c  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Chung Hua Foundation for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Autism severity; Autism spectrum disorder; Disability prevalence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; TAIWAN;

EID: 77957349171     PISSN: 17509467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2010.06.024     Document Type: Article

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