Autism in a recently arrived immigrant population

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 173, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 337-343

  Bolton, Suzanne ^a,b   McDonald, Denise ^b   Curtis, Emma ^b   Kelly, Stephanie ^a   Gallagher, Louise ^c  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Autism; Child psychiatry; Community child health; Migrant health; Neurodevelopmental paediatrics; Race and health

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; AUTISM; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; IRELAND; LANGUAGE DELAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPEECH AND LANGUAGE; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIGRANT; MOTHER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOGRAPHY; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MOTHERS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84896804703     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: 14321076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-013-2149-6     Document Type: Article

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