Mental retardation in Norway: Prevalence and sub-classification in a cohort of 30 037 children born between 1980 and 1985

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 291-296

  Stromme P ^a,b   Valvatne, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Consanguinity; Mental retardation; Prevalence; Profound mental retardation; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONSANGUINITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INBREEDING; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NORWAY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONSANGUINITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; NORWAY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031917443     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08035259850157345     Document Type: Article

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