Prevalence of autism in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Molecular Autism

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Sun, Xiang ^a,b   Allison, Carrie ^b   Matthews, Fiona E ^a   Sharp, Stephen J ^c   Auyeung, Bonnie ^b   Baron Cohen, Simon ^b   Brayne, Carol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum conditions; Chinese population; Diagnosis; Prevalence; Screening

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; AUTISM BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; CHECKLIST FOR AUTISM IN TODDLER; CHINA; CLANCY AUTISM BEHAVIOR SCALE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HONG KONG; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCREENING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TAIWAN;

EID: 84877253886     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20402392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2040-2392-4-7     Document Type: Review

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