Quality of life of Taiwanese adults with autism spectrum disorder

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Lin, Ling Yi ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TAIWANESE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TAIWAN;

ADULT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907816314     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0109567     Document Type: Article

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