Rate of autism disorders climbs to 1 percent among 8-year-olds

Saturday, December 19, 2009 - 06:35 in Health & Medicine

Autism and related development disorders are becoming more common, with a prevalence rate approaching 1 percent among American 8-year-olds, according to new data from researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Public Health and the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...

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