A survey of Autism knowledge and attitudes among the healthcare professionals in Lahore, Pakistan

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Imran, Nazish ^a   Chaudry, Mansoor R ^a   Azeem, Muhammad W ^b   Bhatti, Muhammad R ^a   Choudhary, Zaidan I ^a   Cheema, Mohsin A ^c  

^a KING EDWARD MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; HYPNOTIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUTISM; COGNITION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EMOTION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEUROLOGIST; PAKISTAN; PEDIATRICIAN; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOLOGIST; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPECIAL EDUCATION; SPEECH THERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD;

ADULT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; PAKISTAN; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 81455161609     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-11-107     Document Type: Article

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