Name: Scientific Studies in Mental Retardation
ISBN: 978-1-349-06870-8

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John Dobbing⁰,
A. D. B. Clarke¹,
J. A. Corbett²,
J. Hogg³,
…
R. O. Robinson⁴

John Dobbing
1. The Department of Child Health, University of Manchester, UK
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A. D. B. Clarke
1. The Department of Psychology, The University, Hull, UK
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J. A. Corbett
1. The Bethlem Royal Hospital, UK
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J. Hogg
1. The Hester Adrian Research Centre, University of Manchester, UK
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R. O. Robinson
1. The Newcomen Centre, Guy’s Hospital, London, UK
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Table of contents (26 chapters)

Front Matter

Pages i-xvi

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Epidemiology and Preventive Aspects
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 1-1
  
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2. Epidemiological aspects of severe mental retardation
  
  Eva D. Alberman
  
  Pages 3-23
3. Social influences in the aetiology and prevention of mild retardation
  
  Ann M. Clarke, A. D. B. Clarke
  
  Pages 25-42
4. Aspects of prevention of pre-, peri- and postnatal brain pathology in severe and mild mental retardation An analysis from recent Swedish epidemiology research
  
  B. Hagberg, Gudrun Hagberg
  
  Pages 43-64
Research into Biomedical Aspects
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 65-65
  
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2. Chromosomal aspects of mental retardation
  
  M. Baraitser
  
  Pages 67-87
3. Pathology and vulnerability of the developing brain
  
  J. Dobbing
  
  Pages 89-106
4. Neurobiology and neurochemistry of the developing brain
  
  A. N. Davison
  
  Pages 107-132
5. Metabolic disorders in the aetiology of mental retardation
  
  H. Bickel
  
  Pages 133-159
6. Tetrahydrobiopterin metabolism, neurological disease and mental retardation
  
  J. A. Blair, R. J. Leeming
  
  Pages 161-181
7. Exposure to lead as an environmental factor in mental retardation
  
  H. A. Waldron
  
  Pages 183-201
8. Infectious agents in the aetiology of mental retardation
  
  J. A. Dudgeon
  
  Pages 203-232
9. The consequences of malnutrition for intellectual development
  
  S. A. Richardson
  
  Pages 233-257
10. Ageing in the mentally retarded
  
  P. E. Sylvester
  
  Pages 259-282
Cognitive and Linguistic Research
1. Front Matter
  
  Pages 283-283
  
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2. Social and educational adjustment of deaf children in relation to mental retardation
  
  D. J. Wood
  
  Pages 285-298
3. Visual impairment in the mentally retarded
  
  Elisabeth M. Bleeker-Wagemakers
  
  Pages 299-321
4. Linguistic and prelinguistic development in moderate and severe mental retardation
  
  J. A. Rondal
  
  Pages 323-352
5. The development of communication and cognition
  
  C. C. Kiernan
  
  Pages 353-373

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Editors and Affiliations

The Department of Child Health, University of Manchester, UK

John Dobbing
The Department of Psychology, The University, Hull, UK

A. D. B. Clarke
The Bethlem Royal Hospital, UK

J. A. Corbett
The Hester Adrian Research Centre, University of Manchester, UK

J. Hogg
The Newcomen Centre, Guy’s Hospital, London, UK

R. O. Robinson

Bibliographic Information

Book Title: Scientific Studies in Mental Retardation
Editors: John Dobbing, A. D. B. Clarke, J. A. Corbett, J. Hogg, R. O. Robinson
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-06870-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1984
eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-06870-8Published: 18 June 1984
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 592
Topics: Neurology

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Table of contents (26 chapters)

Front Matter

Epidemiology and Preventive Aspects

Front Matter

Research into Biomedical Aspects

Front Matter

Cognitive and Linguistic Research

Front Matter

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Editors and Affiliations

The Department of Child Health, University of Manchester, UK

The Department of Psychology, The University, Hull, UK

The Bethlem Royal Hospital, UK

The Hester Adrian Research Centre, University of Manchester, UK

The Newcomen Centre, Guy’s Hospital, London, UK

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