Testing two screening instruments for autism spectrum disorder in UK community child health services

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 369-375

  Charman, Tony ^a   Baird, Gillian ^b   Simonoff, Emily ^a   Chandler, Susie ^a,b   Davison Jenkins, Abi ^c   Sharma, Ajay ^b   O'Sullivan, Tony ^d   Pickles, Andrew ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Kaleidoscope Lewisham Centre for Children and Young People   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTISM ASSESSMENT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ICD-10; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODIFIED CHECKLIST FOR AUTISM IN TODDLERS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL COMMUNICATION QUESTIONNAIRE; SPEECH AND LANGUAGE; UNITED KINGDOM; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; COMMUNITY CARE; ENGLAND; INFANT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LONDON; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84961181884     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dmcn.12874     Document Type: Article

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