Prevalence of mental retardation among children in Saudi Arabia

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 6-11

  El Hazmi, M A F ^a,d   Al Swailem, A A ^b   Al Mosa, N A ^c   Al Jarallah, A A ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Ministry of Education Saudi Arabia   (Saudi Arabia)

^d Prince Salman Center for Kidney Disease   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL; SCREENING TEST; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; HOSPITALIZATION; MASS SCREENING; MATERNAL AGE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EDUCATION OF MENTALLY RETARDED; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MATERNAL AGE; MENTAL RETARDATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 16544377760     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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