Application of Population-Based Linked Data to the Study of Intellectual Disability and Autism

International Review of Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 45, Issue , 2013, Pages 281-327

  Leonard, Helen ^a   Glasson, Emma ^a   Bebbington, Ami ^a   Hammond, Geoff ^a   Croft, Deirdre ^a   Pikora, Terri ^a   Fairthorne, Jenny ^a   O'Donnell, Melissa ^a   O'Leary, Colleen ^a   Hansen, Michele ^a   Watson, Linda ^a   Francis, Richard W ^a   Carter, Kim W ^a   McKenzie, Anne ^a,b   Bower, Carol ^a   Bourke, Jenny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autism; Data linkage; Epidemiology; Intellectual disability; Population data

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885745748     PISSN: 22116095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-407760-7.00008-6     Document Type: Chapter

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