Prevention of intellectual and developmental disabilities

Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 320-322

  Silverman, Wayne ^a,b  

^a KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEWBORN; NOTE; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ABORTION, EUGENIC; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MENTAL RETARDATION; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIETIES, SCIENTIFIC;

EID: 70349989300     PISSN: 19349556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/1934-9556-47.4.320     Document Type: Note

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