Designing and recruiting to UK autism spectrum disorder research databases: Do they include representative children with valid ASD diagnoses?

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Warnell, F ^a   George, B ^a   McConachie, H ^a   Johnson, M ^a   Hardy, R ^a   Parr, J R ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; CHILD; DATA BASE; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDITY; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH SURVEY; PARENT; PATIENT SELECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESEARCH; STANDARDS;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; PATIENT SELECTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84947922625     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008625     Document Type: Article

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