Overview: The epidemiology of neurodevelopmental disorders

Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 113-116

  Yeargin Allsopp, Marshalyn ^a   Boyle, Coleen ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; BRAIN INJURY; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPEECH DISORDER; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ABNORMALITIES; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; LEAD; MENTAL RETARDATION; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL DYSRAPHISM;

EID: 0036956648     PISSN: 10804013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrdd.10030     Document Type: Review

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