Prevalence of pervasive developmental disorders among children at the English Montreal school board

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 715-720

  Lazoff, Tamara ^a   Zhong, Lihong ^a   Piperni, Tania ^b   Fombonne, Eric ^a  

^a MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b English Montreal School Board   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autism; Epidemiology; Immunizations; Pervasive developmental disorder; Prevalence; School aged; Vaccines

Indexed keywords

THIOMERSAL; VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; CANADA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISINTEGRATIVE DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINDERGARTEN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 78549263438     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: 14970015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674371005501105     Document Type: Article

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