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ERIC Number: EJ466966
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1993
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ISSN: ISSN-0047-6765
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Etiology of Mild Mental Retardation among Bahraini Children: A Community-Based Case Control Study.
Al-Ansari, Ahmed
Mental Retardation, v31 n3 p140-43 Jun 1993
Analysis of 109 Bahraini school children with mild mental retardation found the cause to be prenatal in 38.5%, perinatal in 11.9%, postnatal in 7.4%, and untraceable in 42%. Predisposing background factors included an illiterate father, consanguinity, and a relative with mental retardation. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Children, Congenital Impairments, Developing Nations, Etiology, Foreign Countries, Mild Mental Retardation, Perinatal Influences, Prenatal Influences
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Bahrain
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