Systemic review of the epidemiology of autism in Arab Gulf countries

Huda O. Salhia; Lubna A. Al-Nasser; Lama S. Taher; Ali M. Al-Khathaami; Ashraf A. El-Metwally

Article Information

vol. 19 no. 4 291-296

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Neurosciences Journal

Online ISSN

1658-3183

History

Received April 9, 2014
Accepted July 8, 2014
Published online December 9, 2020.

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Author Information

Huda O. Salhia, BSPS, MPH,
Lubna A. Al-Nasser, BDS, MPH,
Lama S. Taher, BSc, MSc,
Ali M. Al-Khathaami, MD,MPH and
Ashraf A. El-Metwally, MD, PhD ⇑

From the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Salhia, Al-Nasser, Taher, Al-Khathaami, El-Metwally), College of Public Health and Health Informatics, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, the Alghadeer Primary Healthcare Center (Salhia), General Directorate for Primary Healthcare Centers, Ministry of Health, the Dental Services, Central Region (Al-Nasser), the Neurology Department (Al-Khathaami), King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Epidemiology Group (El-Metwally), The Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

Address correspondence and reprint request to: Dr. Ashraf A. El-Metwally, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, College of Public Health & Health Informatics, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University For Health Sciences, Internal Mail Code 2350, PO Box 22490, Riyadh 11426, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Tel. +966 (11) 8011111. Ext. 49884. Fax. +966 (11) 8011111. Ext. 43734. E-mail: ashraf.elmetwally{at}gmail.com

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