Prevalence of autism spectrum disorders in an Icelandic birth cohort

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Saemundsen, Evald ^a,b   Magnússon, Páll ^c   Georgsdóttir, Ingibjörg ^a   Egilsson, Erlendur ^c   Rafnsson, Vilhjálmur ^b  

^a Division of Autism   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE REGISTRY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84880406912     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002748     Document Type: Article

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