Increasing autism prevalence in metropolitan New Jersey

Autism

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 117-126

  Zahorodny, Walter ^a   Shenouda, Josephine ^b   Howell, Sandra ^b   Rosato, Nancy Scotto ^a   Peng, Bo ^d   Mehta, Uday ^c  

^a New Jersey Department of Health   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^c NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES   (United States)

^d Department of Physical Therapy and General Rehab   (United States)

Author keywords

autism; autism spectrum disorder prevalence; developmental disabilities surveillance; epidemiology; New Jersey; population based; public health monitoring

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

AUTISM; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER PREVALENCE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; NEW JERSEY; POPULATION-BASED; PUBLIC HEALTH MONITORING;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW JERSEY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUBURBAN POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84893005787     PISSN: 13623613     EISSN: 14617005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362361312463977     Document Type: Article

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