Mapping the diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders in children aged under 7 years in Australia, 2010–2012

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 202, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 317-321

  Bent, Catherine A ^a   Dissanayake, Cheryl ^a   Barbaro, Josephine ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUSTRALIA; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE OF ONSET; AUSTRALIA; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84926488514     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/mja14.00328     Document Type: Article

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