Epidemiology of mental retardation in children

Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 6-13

  Murphy, Catherine C ^a   Boyle, Coleen ^a   Schendel, Diana ^a   Decouflé, Pierre ^a   Yeargin Allsopp, Marshalyn ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Epidemiology; Genetics; Mental retardation; Socioeconomic

Indexed keywords

CHILD; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PERINATAL CARE; POSTNATAL CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0031932228     PISSN: 10804013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2779(1998)4:1<6::AID-MRDD3>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Review

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