The Baby and Infant Screen for Children with aUtIsm Traits-Part 1: Age-based Scoring Procedures

Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-22

  Horovitz, Max ^a   Matson, Johnny L ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ASD; Autism; BISCUIT; Cutoffs; Psychometrics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895063979     PISSN: 1056263X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10882-013-9340-6     Document Type: Article

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