Are clusters of mental retardation correlated with clusters of developmental delay?

Geospatial Health

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-26

  Zhen, Huiling ^a   McDermott, Suzanne ^b   Lawson, Andrew B ^c   Aelion, C Marjorie ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental delay; Mental retardation; South Carolina; Spatial clusters

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450170798     PISSN: 18271987     EISSN: 19707096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/gh.2009.207     Document Type: Conference Paper

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