Trends in Autism Spectrum Disorders: The Interaction of Time, Group-Level Socioeconomic Status, and Individual-Level Race/Ethnicity

Affiliations

¹ Craig J. Newschaffer is director of the AJ Drexel Autism Institute, and associate dean for Research and Professor of Epidemiology, Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA.

Editorial

Craig J Newschaffer. Am J Public Health. 2017 Nov.

. 2017 Nov;107(11):1698-1699.

doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2017.304085.

¹ Craig J. Newschaffer is director of the AJ Drexel Autism Institute, and associate dean for Research and Professor of Epidemiology, Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA.

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Autism Spectrum Disorder Among US Children (2002-2010): Socioeconomic, Racial, and Ethnic Disparities.
Durkin MS, Maenner MJ, Baio J, Christensen D, Daniels J, Fitzgerald R, Imm P, Lee LC, Schieve LA, Van Naarden Braun K, Wingate MS, Yeargin-Allsopp M. Durkin MS, et al. Am J Public Health. 2017 Nov;107(11):1818-1826. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2017.304032. Epub 2017 Sep 21. Am J Public Health. 2017. PMID: 28933930 Free PMC article.

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