Genomics and Autism Spectrum Disorder

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 69-78

  Johnson, Norah L ^a   Giarelli, Ellen ^b   Lewis, Celine ^c   Rice, Catherine E ^d  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GENETIC ALLIANCE UK   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Autism spectrum disorder; Genetics; Genomics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; PATIENT EDUCATION; RISK FACTOR;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC TESTING; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOMICS; HUMANS; NURSE'S ROLE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84874536296     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: 15475069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2012.01483.x     Document Type: Article

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