Epidemiology of autism spectrum disorders in adults in the community in England

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 459-466

  Brugha, Traolach S ^a   McManus, Sally ^b   Bankart, John ^a   Scott, Fiona ^c   Purdon, Susan ^b   Smith, Jane ^a   Bebbington, Paul ^d   Jenkins, Rachel ^e   Meltzer, Howard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; COMMUNITY LIVING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HOUSING; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955616337     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2011.38     Document Type: Article

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