How can population cohort studies contribute to our understanding of low prevalence clinical disorders? the case of autism spectrum disorders

Neuropsychiatry

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 87-91

  Totsika, Vasiliki ^a   Hastings, Richard P ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; AUTISM; AUTOMUTILATION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DOWN SYNDROME; FAMILY; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LIFE SATISFACTION; MATERNAL WELFARE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 84876509680     PISSN: 17582008     EISSN: 17582016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/npy.12.12     Document Type: Review

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