Disability and Health Journal
Volume 5, Issue 1 , Pages 9-17 , January 2012

A comparison of Autism Spectrum Disorder DSM-IV criteria and associated features among African American and white children in Philadelphia County

  • Neelam Kharod Sell, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Division of Child Development, Rehabilitation and Metabolic Disease, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: The Children's Hospital at Monmouth Medical Center, 300, 2nd Avenue, Long Branch, NJ 07740.
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  • Ellen Giarelli, Ed.D., R.N., C.R.N.P.

      Affiliations

    • University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    • ,
  • Nathan Blum, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Division of Child Development, Rehabilitation and Metabolic Disease, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    • University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    • ,
  • Alexandra L. Hanlon, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    • ,
  • Susan E. Levy, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Division of Child Development, Rehabilitation and Metabolic Disease, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
    • University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA

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 This work was supported in part by the Project #T77 MC 0012 from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (Title V, Social Security Act), Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services. The data represented in this report were collected by the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network Surveillance years 2002, 2006, and 2008 supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the CDC. The Principal Investigator of the Pennsylvania Autism and Developmental Disabilities Surveillance Program is Ellen Giarelli, Ed.D., R.N., C.R.N.P. The authors have no additional financial disclosures or conflicts of interest to report.

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doi: 10.1016/j.dhjo.2011.08.002

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