Early markers of autism spectrum disorders in infants and toddlers prospectively identified in the Social Attention and Communication Study

Autism

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 64-86

  Barbaro, Josephine ^a   Dissanayake, Cheryl ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

autism spectrum disorders; early markers; infants; prospective; red flags; screening; surveillance; toddlers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTISM; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ATTENTION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 84883002503     PISSN: 13623613     EISSN: 14617005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362361312442597     Document Type: Article

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