Cultural Effects on the Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder among Latinos

Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 275-283

  Ratto, Allison B ^a,b   Reznick, J Steven ^a   Turner Brown, Lauren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

autism spectrum disorder; diagnosis; Latino; parent knowledge; race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; CHILD; COMPULSION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL EVOLUTION;

EID: 84994644844     PISSN: 10883576     EISSN: 15384829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1088357615587501     Document Type: Article

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