Autism Spectrum Disorder: Incidence and Time Trends Over Two Decades in a Population-Based Birth Cohort.
Autism spectrum disorder
Epidemiology
Incidence
Time trends
Journal
Journal of autism and developmental disorders
ISSN: 1573-3432
Titre abrégé: J Autism Dev Disord
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 7904301
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Apr 2019
Apr 2019
Historique:
pubmed:
7
12
2018
medline:
24
5
2019
entrez:
7
12
2018
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
We retrospectively identified autism spectrum disorder (ASD) incident cases among 31,220 individuals in a population-based birth cohort based on signs and symptoms uniformly abstracted from medical and educational records. Inclusive and narrow research definitions of ASD (ASD-R
Identifiants
pubmed: 30519787
doi: 10.1007/s10803-018-3834-0
pii: 10.1007/s10803-018-3834-0
pmc: PMC6594832
mid: NIHMS1524884
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1455-1474Subventions
Organisme : NIA NIH HHS
ID : R01 AG034676
Pays : United States
Organisme : NIMH NIH HHS
ID : R01 MH093522
Pays : United States
Organisme : National Institutes of Health
ID : MH093522
Organisme : National Institutes of Health
ID : AG034676
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