Cohort effects explain the increase in autism diagnosis among children born from 1992 to 2003 in california

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 495-503

  Keyes, Katherine M ^a,b   Susser, Ezra ^a,b   Cheslack postava, Keely ^a   Fountain, Christine ^a   Liu, Kayuet ^a   Bearman, Peter S ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Cohort effects; Time trends; USA

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH RISK; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

AGE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VACCINATION;

AGE FACTORS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859629408     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyr193     Document Type: Article

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