Prenatal and postnatal risk factors for mental retardation among children in Bangladesh

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 152, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1024-1033

  Durkin, M S ^a,b,h   Khan, N Z ^c   Davidson, L L ^d   Huq, S ^e   Munir, S ^f   Rasul, E ^g   Zaman, S S ^e  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c DHAKA SHISHU HOSPITAL   (Bangladesh)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^f Bangladesh Protibondhi Foundation   (Bangladesh)

^g BASICS   (Bangladesh)

^h Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain and the Gertrude H Sergievsky Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Child; Consanguinity; Development disorders; Infant, newborn, diseases; Mental retardation; Nutrition disorders; Poverty; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

IODINE;

CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH RISK; MENTAL HEALTH; RISK FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BRAIN INFECTION; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONSANGUINITY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GOITER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PERINATAL PERIOD; POVERTY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; URBAN AREA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSANGUINITY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION DISORDERS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; ODDS RATIO; PERINATAL CARE; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 0034544772     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/152.11.1024     Document Type: Article

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