Autism spectrum disorders and race, ethnicity, and nativity: A population-based study

Pediatrics

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Becerra, Tracy A ^a   Von Ehrenstein, Ondine S ^a   Heck, Julia E ^a   Olsen, Jorn ^a   Arah, Onyebuchi A ^a   Jeste, Shafali S ^b   Rodriguez, Michael ^b   Ritz, Beate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autistic disorder; Continental population groups; Emigration and immigration; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BLACK PERSON; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONALITY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; FILIPINO (PEOPLE); HISPANIC; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOTHER; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; VIETNAMESE;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; CALIFORNIA; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS;

EID: 84904158713     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2013-3928     Document Type: Article

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