Prevalence and incidence of autism spectrum disorders among national health insurance enrollees in Taiwan from 1996 to 2005

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 830-834

  Chien, I Chia ^a,b   Lin, Ching Heng ^c   Chou, Yiing Jenq ^b   Chou, Pesus ^b  

^a Taoyuan Mental Hospital   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

autism; incidence; National Health Insurance; prevalence; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TAIWAN; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PREVALENCE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TAIWAN;

EID: 79959756392     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073810393964     Document Type: Article

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