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* These CDC scientific articles are listed in order of date published, from 2007 to present.

Parent-Reported Prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorders in US-Born Children: An Assessment of Changes within Birth Cohorts from the 2003 to the 2007 National Survey of Children's Health
Maternal and Child Health Journal. April 2012. Schieve LA, Rice C, Yeargin-Allsopp M, Boyle CA, Kogan MD, Drews C, and Devine O.
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Prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorders — Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network, 14 Sites, United States, 2008
Surveillance Summaries, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report; March 30, 2012/61(SS03);1-19, CDC.
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Parental Age and Autism Spectrum Disorders. Annals of Epidemiology. January 2012. Parner ET, Baron-Cohen S, Lauritsen MB, Jørgensen M, Schieve LA, Yeargin-Allsopp M, Obel C.
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Autism spectrum disorders and health care expenditures: The effects of co-occurring conditions. Journal ofDevelopmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. January 2012. Peacock G, Amendah D, Ouyang L, Grosse S.
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Enhancing early identification and coordination of intervention services for young children with autism spectrum disorders: Report from the Act Early Regional Summit Project. Disability and Health Journal. January 2012. Peacock G, Lin SC.
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Association between parental nativity and autism spectrum disorder among US-born non-Hispanic white and Hispanic children, 2007 National Survey of Children’s Health. Disability and Health Journal. January 2012. Schieve LA, Boulet SL, Blumberg SJ, Kogan MD, Yeargin-Allsopp M, Boyle CA, Visser SN, & Rice C.
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Concurrent medical conditions and health care use and needs among children with learning and behavioral developmental disabilities, National Health Interview Survey, 2006-2010. Research in Developmental Disabilities. November 2011. Schieve LA, Jarquin VG, Boulet SL, Visser SN, Rice CE, Van Naarden Braun K, Boyle CA.
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Parenting aggravation and autism spectrum disorders: 2007 National Survey of Children's Health. Disability and Health Journal. July 2011. Schieve LA, Boulet SL, Kogan MD, Yeargin-Allsopp M, Boyle CA, Visser SN, Blumberg SJ, Rice C.
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Racial disparities in community identification of autism spectrum disorders over time; Metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia, 2000-2006. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics. April 2011. Jarquin VG, Wiggins LD, Schieve LA, Van Naarden-Braun K.
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Have Secular Changes in Perinatal Risk Factors Contributed to the Recent Autism Prevalence Increase? Development and Application of a Mathematical Assessment Model. Annals of Epidemiology. October 2011. Schieve LA, Rice C, Devine O, Maenner MJ, Lee LC, Fitzgerald R, Wingate MS, Schendel D, Pettygrove S, van Naarden Braun K, Durkin M.
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Trends in the Prevalence of Developmental Disabilities in US Children, 1997â€"2008. Boyle CA, Boulet S, Schieve L, Cohen RA, Blumberg SJ, Yeargin-Allsopp M, Visser S, Kogan MD. Pediatrics. 2011 [epub ahead of print].
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Socioeconomic Inequality in the Prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorder:
Evidence from a U.S. Cross-Sectional Study. PLoS ONE, July 2010. Durkin MS, Maenner MJ, Meaney FJ, Levy SE, DiGuiseppi C, Nicholas JS, Kirby RS, Pinto-Martin JA, Schieve LA.
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Changes in autism spectrum disorder prevalence in 4 areas of the United States. Disability and Health Journal, July 2010. Rice CE, Nicholas J, Baio J, Pettygrove S, Lee L, Van Naarden Braun K, Doernberg N, Cunniff C, Newschaffer C, Meaney FJ, Charles J, Washington A, King L, Kolotos M, Mancilla K, Mervis CA, Carpenter L, Yeargin-Allsopp M.
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Risk for cognitive deficit in a population-based sample of U.S. children with autism spectrum disorders: Variation by perinatal health factors. Disability and Health Journal - July 2010. Schieve LA, Baio J, Rice CE, Durkin M, Kirby RS, Drews-Botsch C, Miller LA, Nicholas JS, Cunniff C.
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Sex differences in the evaluation and diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders among children. Disability and Health Journal. April 2010 . Giarelli E, Wiggins LD, Rice CE, Levy SE, Kirby, RS, Pinto-Martin J, Mandell D .
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Autism Spectrum Disorders and Co-occuring Developmnetal, Psychiatric, and Medical Conditions Among Children in Multiple Populations of the United States. In: Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics. 2010 May. 31: 267-275.
Levy S, Giarelli E, Lee L, Schieve L, Kirby R, Cunniff C, Nicholas J, & Rice C.
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Association of hospitalization for infection in childhood with diagnosis of autism spectrum disorders: a Danish cohort study. Archives Pediatric Adolescent Medicine. 2010 May;164(5):470-7.
AtladÃ⊃3;ttir HO, Thorsen P, Schendel DE, Østergaard L, Lemcke S, Parner ET.
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Prevalence of developmental disabilities and receipt of special education services among children with an inborn error of metabolism. Journal of Pediatrics 2010;156:420-426.
Powell KC, Van Naarden Braun K, Singh RH, Shapira SK, Olney RS, Yeargin-Allsopp M.
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Validity of Childhood Autism in the Danish Psychiatric Central Register - Findings From a Cohort Sample Born 1990-1999. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders 2010;40:139-148.
Lauritsen M, Jorgensen M, Madsen K, Lemcke S, Toft S, Grove J, Schendel D, Thorsen P.
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Evaluation of a Records-Review Surveillance System Used to Determine the Prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorders
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders; June 22, 2010 (Epub ahead of print)
Avchen, R., Wiggins, L.D., Devine, O., Van Naarden-Braun, K., Rice, C., Hobson, N., Schendel, D., & Yeargin-Allsopp, M.
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Prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorders-Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network, United States, 2006
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report; December 18, 2009; 58 (SS-10).
CDC.
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Brief Report: Prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs)-- Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network, United States, 2004
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report; December 18, 2009; 58 (SS-10).
CDC.
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The Prevalence of Parent-Reported Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder among Children in the United States, 2007
Pediatrics, November 2009 Vol. 124 No. 5, pp. 1395-1403
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Developmental Regression in Children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder Identified by a Population-Based Surveillance System
Autism; July 2009; 13(4):357-74
Wiggins LD, Rice CE, Baio J.
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Timing of Identification Among Children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder: Findings from a Population-Based Surveillance Study
Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry; May 2009; 48(5):474-83
Shattuck PT, et al.
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Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Identification of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
American Journal of Public Health; March 2009; 99(3):493-8
Mandell D, Wiggins L, Carpenter L, Daniels J, DiGuiseppi C, Durkin M, Giarelli E, Morrier M, Nichols J, Pinto-Martin J, Shattuck P, Thomas K, Yeargin-Allsopp M, Kirby R.
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Cerebral Palsy, Autism Spectrum Disorders and Developmental Delay in Children Born After Artificial Reproductive Techniques: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine; January 2009; 163:72-83
Hvidtjørn D, Schieve L, Schendel D, Jacobsson B, Svaerke C, Thorsen P..Â
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Health Care Use and Health and Functional Impact of Developmental Disabilities among US Children, 1997-2005
Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine; January 2009; 163(1):19-26
Boulet SL, Boyle CA, Schieve LA.Â
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Autism Spectrum Disorders: Prevalence and Vaccines
Pediatric Annals; January 2009; 38(1):22-5
Peacock G., Yeargin-Allsopp M.
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Advanced Parental Age and the Risk of Autism Spectrum Disorder
American Journal of Epidemiology; December 1, 2008; 168(11):1268-76
Durkin MS, Maenner MJ, Newschaffer CJ, Lee LC, Cunniff CM, Daniels JL, Kirby RS, Leavitt L, Miller L, Zahorodny W, Schieve LA.Â
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Autism Prevalence Trends Over Time in Denmark: Changes in Prevalence and Age at Diagnosis Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine; December 2008; 162 (12): 1150-1156
Parner E, Schendel D, Thorsen P.
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Neonatal Jaundice: a Risk Factor for Infantile Autism?
Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology; November 2008; 22(6): 562-568
Maimburg RD, Vaeth M, Schendel DE, Bech BH, Olsen J, Thorsen P
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Relationships Between Multiple Births and Autism Spectrum Disorders, Cerebral Palsy, and Intellectual Disabilities: Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network - 2002 Surveillance Year
Autism Research; October 29, 2008; 1 (5): 265-316
Van Naarden Braun K, Schieve L, Daniels J, Durkin M, Giarelli E, Kirby RS, Lee LC, Newschaffer C, Nicholas J, Pinto-Martin J.
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The Prevalence and Characteristics of Autistic Spectrum Disorders in the ALSPAC Cohort
Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology; September 2008; 50(9):672-7
Yeargin-Allsopp M. Commentary: Williams E, Thomas K, Sidebothan H, Emond A.
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Birth Weight and Gestational Age Characteristics of Children with Autism, Including a Comparison with Other Developmental Disabilities
Pediatrics; June 2008; 121(6):1155-64
Schendel D, Bhasin Karapurkar T.
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Brief Report: Excluding the ADI-R Behavioral Domain Improves Diagnostic Agreement in Toddlers
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders; May 2008; 38, 972-976Â
Wiggins, L.D. & Robins, D.L.
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Medical Costs for Children with Autism in a Privately Insured Population
Journal of Autism and Development Disorders; March 2008; 38 (3): 546-552
Shimabukuro TS, Grosse SD, Rice C.
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Prevalence of Cerebral Palsy in 8-Year-Old Children in Three Areas of the United States in 2002: A Multisite Collaboration
Pediatrics; March 2008; 121(3):547-54
Yeargin-Allsopp M, Van Naarden Braun K, Doernberg NS, Benedict RE, Kirby RS, Durkin MS.
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Prevalence of â€"Autism Spectrum Disorders --- Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network, six sites, United States, 2000
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report; February 9, 2007; 56(SS-1); 1-11
Rice C
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Prevalence of â€"Autism Spectrum Disorders --- Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network, 14 Sites, United States, 2002
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report; February 9, 2007; 56(SS-1); 12-28
Rice C
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Evaluation of a Methodology for a Collaborative Multiple Source Surveillance Network for Autism Spectrum Disorders--Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network, 14 sites, United States, 2002
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Surveillance Summary; February 9, 2007; 56(1):29-40
Van Naarden Braun K, et al.
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A Public Health Collaboration for the Surveillance of Autism Spectrum Disorders
Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology; 2007; 21:179-190
Rice C, Baio J, Van Naarden Braun K, Doernberg N, Meaney FJ, Kirby R, for the ADDM Network
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The Epidemiology of the Autism Spectrum Disorders
Annual Review of Public Health; 2007; 28:235-258
Newschaffer, et al
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The Relationship Between Autism and Parenting Stress
Pediatrics; 2007; 119; S114-S121
Schieve LA, Blumberg SJ, Visser SN, Rice C, Boyle C.
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A Public Health Collaboration for the Surveillance of Autism Spectrum Disorders
Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology; 2007; 21:179-190
Rice C, Baio J, Van Naarden Braun K, Doernberg N, Meaney FJ, Kirby R, for the ADDM Network
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Additional Selected Articles

Parental Report of Diagnosed Autism in Children Aged 4â€"17 years --- United States, 2003-2004
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report; May 5, 2006; 55(17):481-486
Schieve LA, Rice C, Boyle C, Visser SN, Blumberg SJ
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Examination of the Time Between First Evaluation and First Autism Spectrum Diagnosis in a Population-Based Sample
Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics; 2006; 27:S79-S87
Wiggins LD, Biao J, Rice C.
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