Prevalence of autism spectrum disorder among Nigerian children with intellectual disability: A stopgap assessment

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 513-518

  Bakare, Muideen O ^a   Ebigbo, Peter O ^b   Ubochi, Vincent N ^a  

^a Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Africa; Autism; Children; Intellectual disability; Nigeria

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; NIGERIA; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COMORBIDITY; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; NIGERIA; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84860435827     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2012.0056     Document Type: Article

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