Reliability of self, parental, and researcher measurements of head circumference

Molecular Autism

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Sullivan, Jillian C ^a   Tavassoli, Teresa ^a   Armstrong, Kimberly ^a   Baron Cohen, Simon ^a   Humphrey, Ayla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adults; Brain size; Children; Head circumference; Parental measurements; Reliability; Self measurements

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892392199     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20402392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2040-2392-5-2     Document Type: Article

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