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Fink, Leslie – Children Today, 1986
Although it once seemed simple to say that a single event such as birth trauma or asphyxia caused brain disorders like cerebral palsy, mental retardation, and epilepsy, a recent study showed that it is nearly impossible to pinpoint a single cause and its effects. Recommendations for further research are made. (BB)
Descriptors: Birth, Cerebral Palsy, Epilepsy, Infants
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Howze, Dorothy C. – Urban League Review, 1986
Discusses socioeconomic factors that lead to disproportionate rates of low birthweight and high infant mortality in the Black population. Calls for national policy efforts that would remove financial barriers to premedical care and provide adequate income support for all. (GC)
Descriptors: Birth Weight, Blacks, Health Insurance, Infant Mortality
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Royer, Terry D.; Barth, Richard P. – Social Work, 1984
Presents documentation of behavioral contributions to fetal and infant damage, disease, and death. Suggestions are made for interventive strategies for social workers to use at the policy, program, and case levels to help improve the outcome of pregnancy. A review of the literature is also included. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Caseworker Approach, Child Welfare, Congenital Impairments, Infant Mortality
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Gottlieb, Gilbert – Psychological Review, 1976
Describes recent progress in research on prenatal behavioral development and in a systematic fashion the various ways in which prenatal experience can affect the development of behavior in the neonate as well as in the embryo and fetus. (Author/RK)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Charts, Embryology, Motor Development
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Copans, Stuart A. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1974
Briefly reviews the relevant literature on human prenatal effects, describes some of the possible designs for such studies; and discusses some of the methodological problem areas: sample choice, measurement of prenatal variables, monitoring of labor and delivery, and neonatal assessment. (CS)
Descriptors: Animal Behavior, Environmental Influences, Individual Differences, Measurement Techniques
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Science, 1974
Reports the principal conclusions of the National Academy of Sciences' Committee on the Effects of Herbicides in Vietnam.
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Environmental Influences, Field Crops, Health
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Peckham, Catherine S. – Archives of Disease in Childhood, 1972
Descriptors: Deafness, Handicapped Children, Medical Evaluation, Medical Research
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Yoshida, T.; And Others – Pediatrics, 1972
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Growth Patterns, Infants, Metabolism
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Rosado, A.; And Others – Pediatrics, 1972
Descriptors: Biochemistry, Exceptional Child Research, Growth Patterns, Infants
Cooper, Louis – New Outlook Blind, 1969
Descriptors: Eyes, Identification, Infants, Interdisciplinary Approach
Kelch, Robert P.; and others – Amer J Ment Deficiency, 1969
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Congenital Impairments, Etiology, Medical Case Histories
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Brown, Eleanor S.; Waisman, Harry A. – Pediatrics, 1971
Descriptors: Biochemistry, Biological Influences, Etiology, Exceptional Child Research
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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 1971
Descriptors: Armed Forces, Ecology, Environment, Foreign Culture
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Tsai, Luke Y.; Stewart, Mark A. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1983
Birth order and maternal ages at time of birth were compared for 113 autistic children (3 to 12 years old) and the Iowa general population. An excess of mothers aged 35 or older was observed in the autistic group. A deviation from average in birth order was observed in autistics. (Author/SEW)
Descriptors: Age, Autism, Biological Influences, Birth Order
Abroms, Kippy I. – Journal of the Division for Early Childhood, 1982
The matrix of pre- and perinatal biological and sociocultural correlates are reviewed in relation to infants who are subsequently identified as gifted. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Biological Influences, Child Development, Family Influence
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