Neighborhood deprivation and childhood autism: A nationwide study from Sweden

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 187-192

  Li, Xinjun ^a   Sjöstedt, Cecilia ^a   Sundquist, Kristina ^a,b   Zöller, Bengt ^a   Sundquist, Jan ^a,b  

^a Lund University   (Sweden)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood autism; Incidence; Multilevel modeling; Neighborhood level deprivation; Sociodemographic factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEIGHBORHOOD; NEIGHBORHOOD DEPRIVATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SWEDEN; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEPRIVATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84897461932     PISSN: 00223956     EISSN: 18791379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2014.02.011     Document Type: Article

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