Advances in Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics
Subtitle: A Research Annual (Advances in Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics)
Contributors: Donald K. Routh (Editor)
Publisher: JAI Press; Routledge
Published: April 1987
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9780892327300
Subjects: Behavioural theory (Behaviourism); Child & developmental psychology; Paediatric medicine; Parenting - General; Child Psychiatry; Pediatrics; Family / Parenting / Childbirth; Health/Fitness
First sentence: Screening, the early detection of preclinical or undetected problems in apparently normal individuals, has produced unequivocal success in many areas of child health care; for example, screening newborns for phenylketonuria and congenital hypothyroidism has prevented a lifetime of developmental retardation for many children.