Mild intellectual disability in children in Lahore, Pakistan: Aetiology and risk factors

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 663-671

  Yaqoob, Muhammad ^a   Bashir, A ^b   Zaman, S ^c   Ferngren, H ^d   von Dobeln, U ^d   Gustavson, K H ^e  

^a Maternity and Children's Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MAYO HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Head circumference at birth; Malnutrition; Maternal education; Mild intellectual disability; Social deprivation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDBIRTH; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOTHER; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; PAKISTAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRENATAL PERIOD; PREVALENCE; READING; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL AGE; MENTAL RETARDATION; PAKISTAN; PARENTING; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 4744353294     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2003.00573.x     Document Type: Article

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