Screening for Autism in Mexico

Autism Research

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 180-189

  Fombonne, Eric ^a   Marcin, Carlos ^b   Bruno, Ruth ^c   Tinoco, Cecilia Manero ^b   Marquez, Christian Diaz ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Clinica Mexicana de Autismo (CLIMA)   (Mexico)

^c MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autism; Cultural; Epidemiology; Measurement; Screening

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AWARENESS; CHILD; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HABIT; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEXICO; MOTIVATION; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL RESPONSIVENESS SCALE; TEACHER;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEXICO; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84862203213     PISSN: 19393792     EISSN: 19393806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aur.1235     Document Type: Article

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