Brief Report: Under-Representation of African Americans in Autism Genetic Research: A Rationale for Inclusion of Subjects Representing Diverse Family Structures

African American children with autism are seriously under-represented in existing genetic registries and biomedical research studies of autism. We estimated the number of African American children with autism in the St. Louis region using CDC surveillance data and present the outcomes of a concerted...

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Published in:	Journal of autism and developmental disorders Vol. 40; no. 5; pp. 633 - 639
Main Authors:	Hilton, Claudia L., Fitzgerald, Robert T., Jackson, Kelley M., Maxim, Rolanda A., Bosworth, Christopher C., Shattuck, Paul T., Geschwind, Daniel H., Constantino, John N.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Boston Springer US 01.05.2010 Springer Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:	Adolescent African American Children African American Students African Americans Autism Autism Spectrum Disorders Autistic children Autistic Disorder - ethnology Autistic Disorder - psychology Behavioral Science and Psychology Biological and medical sciences Biomedicine Black or African American - psychology Black or African American - statistics & numerical data Black youth Brief Report Child Child Abuse Child and School Psychology Child clinical studies Child, Preschool Children Developmental Disabilities Developmental disorders Disproportionate Representation Educational Quality Eligibility Ethnicity Families & family life Family Family Characteristics - ethnology Family Structure Female Genetic aspects Genetic Research Genetics Humans Infant Infantile autism Male Marginality Medical research Medical sciences Medical Services Minority Group Children Missouri - ethnology Neurosciences Participation Pediatrics Psychiatry Psychology Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychopathology. Psychiatry Public Health Registries - statistics & numerical data Research Needs Research Subjects Schizophrenia Scientific Research Surveillance Whites Missouri Ethnicity Minority representation African American Social environment Human Developmental disorder Group structure Ethnic group Autism Minority Scientific research Family environment Genetics
ISSN:	0162-3257, 1573-3432, 1573-3432
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