Gender and geographic differences in the prevalence of autism spectrum disorders in children: Analysis of data from the national disability registry of Taiwan

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 909-915

  Lai, Der Chung ^a,b   Tseng, Yen Cheng ^c   Hou, Yuh Ming ^a   Guo, How Ran ^d,e  

^a CHIA YI CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b Min Hwei College of Health Care Management   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG JUNG CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders; Gender; Geographic distribution; Prevalence; Registry; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CALCULATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; REGISTER; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TAIWAN; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABLED CHILDREN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REGISTRIES; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SEX RATIO; TAIWAN; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84855813757     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2011.12.015     Document Type: Article

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