Time trends over 16 years in incidence-rates of autism spectrum disorders across the lifespan based on nationwide Danish register data

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1808-1818

  Jensen, Christina Mohr ^a   Steinhausen, Hans Christoph ^a,b,c   Lauritsen, Marlene Briciet ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

ASD; Autism; Incidence; Time trend

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; ATYPICAL AUTISM; AUTISM; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANISH CITIZEN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906935069     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-014-2053-6     Document Type: Article

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