Brief Report: Prevalence of Self-injurious Behaviors among Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder—A Population-Based Study

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 3607-3614

  Soke, Gnakub N ^a   Rosenberg, Steven A ^b   Hamman, Richard F ^a   Fingerlin, Tasha ^a   Robinson, Cordelia ^b,c   Carpenter, Laura ^d   Giarelli, Ellen ^e   Lee, Li Ching ^f   Wiggins, Lisa D ^g   Durkin, Maureen S ^h   DiGuiseppi, Carolyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University of Colorado Denver and Children s Hospital Colorado   (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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

^h UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Autism spectrum disorder; Challenging behaviors; Prevalence; Self injurious behaviors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTOMUTILATION; CHILD; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTICENTER STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES; AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR;

AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84983745314     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-016-2879-1     Document Type: Article

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