Inaccurate prevalence estimates impacts autism policy: A letter to the editor in relation to "Global prevalence of autism: A systematic review update" by Zeidan et al. (2022)

Andres Roman-Urrestarazu^{1

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4}, Robin van Kessel³

Affiliations

¹ Autism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
² Cambridge Public Health, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
³ Department of International Health, School CAPHRI, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA.

Comment

Andres Roman-Urrestarazu et al. Autism Res. 2022 Jul.

. 2022 Jul;15(7):1184-1186.

doi: 10.1002/aur.2734. Epub 2022 May 15.

Andres Roman-Urrestarazu^{1

2

3

4}, Robin van Kessel³

¹ Autism Research Centre, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
² Cambridge Public Health, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
³ Department of International Health, School CAPHRI, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA.

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Comment on

Global prevalence of autism: A systematic review update.
Zeidan J, Fombonne E, Scorah J, Ibrahim A, Durkin MS, Saxena S, Yusuf A, Shih A, Elsabbagh M. Zeidan J, et al. Autism Res. 2022 May;15(5):778-790. doi: 10.1002/aur.2696. Epub 2022 Mar 3. Autism Res. 2022. PMID: 35238171 Free PMC article.

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