Autism spectrum disorders in the Stockholm youth cohort: Design, prevalence and validity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Idring, Selma ^a,b   Rai, Dheeraj ^a,c,d   Dal, Henrik ^a   Dalman, Christina ^a   Sturm, Harald ^b   Zander, Eric ^a,b   Lee, Brian K ^e   Serlachius, Eva ^a   Magnusson, Cecilia ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d AVON AND WILTSHIRE MENTAL HEALTH PARTNERSHIP NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SCHOOL CHILD; STUDY DESIGN; SWEDEN; TWINS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; MALE; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864085416     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041280     Document Type: Article

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