An incidence study of diagnosed autism-spectrum disorders among immigrants to the Netherlands

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 54-60

  van der Ven, E ^a,b   Termorshuizen, F ^c   Laan, W ^c   Breetvelt, E J ^d   van Os, J ^b,e   Selten, J P ^a,b  

^a Rivierduinen Foundation   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism; Epidemiology; Immigration; Incidence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MOROCCO; NETHERLANDS; NETHERLANDS ANTILLES; PATERNAL AGE; PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURINAME;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NETHERLANDS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84878940827     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acps.12054     Document Type: Article

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