Brief report: Prevalence of autistic spectrum disorders in the Sultanate of Oman

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 821-825

  Al Farsi, Yahya M ^a   Al Sharbati, Marwan M ^a   Al Farsi, Omar A ^a   Al Shafaee, Mohammed S ^a   Brooks, Daniel R ^b   Waly, Mostafa I ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

ASD; Autism; Oman; Prevalence; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILDHOOD AUTISM RATING SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIGION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OMAN; PREVALENCE;

EID: 79956192749     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-010-1094-8     Document Type: Article

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