Differences in Autism Spectrum Disorders Incidence by Sub-Populations in Israel 1992–2009: A Total Population Study

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1062-1069

  Raz, Raanan ^a   Weisskopf, Marc G ^a   Davidovitch, Michael ^b   Pinto, Ofir ^c   Levine, Hagai ^d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MACCABI HEALTHCARE SERVICES   (Israel)

^c National Insurance Institute of Israel   (Israel)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Autism; Incidence; Israel; Prevalence; Sub populations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BIRTH; CHILD; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMIGRATION; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; ISRAELI; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84925539293     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-014-2262-z     Document Type: Article

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