Prevalence of autism in children of Somali origin living in Stockholm: Brief report of an at-risk population

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1167-1168

  Barnevik Olsson, Martina ^a,b   Gillberg, Christopher ^c   Fernell, Elisabeth ^b,c  

^a PRIMA Child and Adolescent Psychiatry   (Sweden)

^b Autism Centre for Young Children   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; CHILD; ETHNICITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LEARNING DISORDER; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOMALIA; SWEDEN;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SOMALIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 78349259284     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2010.03812.x     Document Type: Letter

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