Prevalence of autism spectrum disorders among children (1-10 years of age) - Findings of a mid-term report from Northwest India | Zendy

SK Raina | Zendy; V Kashyap | Zendy; AK Bhardwaj | Zendy; Dinesh Kumar | Zendy; Vishav Chander | Zendy

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Prevalence of autism spectrum disorders among children (1-10 years of age) - Findings of a mid-term report from Northwest India

Author(s) -

SK Raina,

V Kashyap,

AK Bhardwaj,

Dinesh Kumar,

Vishav Chander

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

journal of postgraduate medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.405

H-Index - 52

eISSN - 0972-2823

pISSN - 0022-3859

DOI - 10.4103/0022-3859.166512

Subject(s) - autism , indigenous , socioeconomic status , medicine , incidence (geometry) , demography , prevalence , population , rural area , cross sectional study , pediatrics , environmental health , psychiatry , ecology , physics , pathology , sociology , optics , biology

India is the second most populous country of the world. A large portion of the population of this country is below 20 years of age but still there is a paucity of information about the prevalence and incidence of many developmental disorders. This study was planned to estimate the prevalence of autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) in the selected areas (tribal, rural, and urban) of a northern state of India, Himachal Pradesh.

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