Major Mental Handicap : Methods and Costs of Prevention.
by
Symposium, CIBA Foundation.
Title
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Major Mental Handicap : Methods and Costs of Prevention.
Author
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Symposium, CIBA Foundation.
ISBN
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9780470718094
Personal Author
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Symposium, CIBA Foundation.
Edition
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1st ed.
Physical Description
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1 online resource (236 pages)
Series
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Novartis Foundation Symposia ; v.917
Novartis Foundation Symposia
Contents
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Major Mental Handicap: methods and costs of prevention -- Contents -- Chairman's introduction -- Main causes of major mental handicap: prevalence and epidemiology -- Discussion -- Aetiology of severe handicapping conditions in early childhood -- Discussion -- Severe mental retardation in Swedish children born 1959-1970: epidemiological panorama and causative factors -- Discussion -- ABCs of perinatal medicine -- Discussion -- Neonatal intensive care and the prevention of major handicap -- Discussion -- A method for neurological evaluation within the first year of life: experience with full-term newborn infants with birth injury -- Discussion -- General Discussion -- Present status of the infant of very low birth weight treated in a referral neonatal intensive care unit in 1974 -- Discussion -- Outcome for infants at high risk of major handicap -- Discussion -- Application of cost-benefit analysis to programmes for the prevention of mental handicap -- Discussion -- Perinatality: French cost-benefit studies and decisions on handicap and prevention -- Discussion -- Final discussion -- Priorities for obstetric intervention -- Group with IQs of 50-70 -- Research priorities -- UK priorities -- Ethics -- Index of contributors -- Subject index.
Local Note
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
Subject Term
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Mental retardation -- Etiology -- Congresses.
Mental retardation -- Prevention -- Congresses.
Mental retardation -- Prevention -- Costs -- Congresses.
Neonatal intensive care -- Congresses.
Prenatal care -- Congresses.
Genre
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Electronic books.
Added Author
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Lastciba Foundation Symposium,.
Electronic Access
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Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Status |
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IYTE Library | E-Book | 1228813-1001 | RJ506 .M4 -- S95 1977 EB | Ebrary E-Books |