Should all children be screened for autism spectrum disorders?: No: Screening is not ready for prime time

American Family Physician

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 368-369

  Campos Outcalt, Doug ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONSENSUS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARDIZATION; SYMPTOM; MASS SCREENING; NOTE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 80051732570     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: 15320650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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