Young Shin Kim
Associate professor of psychiatry
University of California, San Francisco
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Population-based studies key for assessing autism prevalence
Studies of autism prevalence should screen a representative sample of all individuals in the population, even those with no indications of the disorder, says epidemiologist Young-Shin Kim.
Population-based studies key for assessing autism prevalence
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