Age at Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Diagnosis by Race, Ethnicity, and Primary Household Language Among Children with Special Health Care Needs, United States, 2009–2010

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1687-1697

  Jo, Heejoo ^a   Schieve, Laura A ^a   Rice, Catherine E ^a   Yeargin Allsopp, Marshalyn ^a   Tian, Lin H ^a   Blumberg, Stephen J ^b   Kogan, Michael D ^c   Boyle, Coleen A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER ON BIRTH DEFECTS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^c HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Age at diagnosis; Autism; Prevalence; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANCESTRY GROUP; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84937813381     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-015-1683-4     Document Type: Article

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