Non-specialist health workers can deliver autism treatment in Asia, finds study

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. 2015 Dec 29:351:h6987.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.h6987.

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Cheryl Travasso. BMJ. 2015.

. 2015 Dec 29:351:h6987.

doi: 10.1136/bmj.h6987.

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