Malnutrition among preschool-aged autistic children in Oman

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1549-1552

  Al Farsi, Yahya M ^a   Al Sharbati, Marwan M ^a   Waly, Mostafa I ^a   Al Farsi, Omar A ^a   Al Shafaee, Mohammed A ^a   Deth, Richard C ^b  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Malnutrition; Oman; Stunting; Underweight; Wasting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; OBESITY; OMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUNTING; UNDERWEIGHT; WASTING SYNDROME;

EID: 79958035791     PISSN: 17509467     EISSN: 18780237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2011.02.018     Document Type: Article

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