Psychiatric Comorbidity in Adolescents and Young Adults With Autism

Journal of Mental Health Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 229-243

  Moseley, David S ^a   Tonge, Bruce J ^a   Brereton, Avril V ^a   Einfeld, Stewart L ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

adolescents; autism; comorbidity; intellectual disability; psychopathology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859377800     PISSN: 19315864     EISSN: 19315872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19315864.2011.595535     Document Type: Article

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