AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER IN ITALY: DEMAND FOR AN INTEGRATED EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM.

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex neurodevelopmental syndrome of emerging public health concern, according to a documented significant increase of diagnosed cases of ASD in Europe and USA. In Italy, actually, it is not possible to estimate at national level a reliable ASD occurrence by...

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Main Author: Walter Mazzucco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associazione Italiana Giovani Medici 2015-04-01
Series:Euromediterranean Biomedical Journal
Online Access:http://www.embj.org/images/ISSUE_2015/Mazzucco_23.pdf