Migration and autism spectrum disorder: Population-based study

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 201, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 109-115

  Magnusson, Cecilia ^a   Rai, Dheeraj ^a,b   Goodman, Anna ^c,d   Lundberg, Michael ^a,e   Idring, Selma ^a   Svensson, Anna ^a   Koupil, Ilona ^d   Serlachius, Eva ^a   Dalman, Christina ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PARENTAL AGE; POPULATION MIGRATION; POPULATION RISK; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATERNAL AGE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862176359     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.111.095125     Document Type: Article

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