Advances in Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics
Subtitle: A Research Annual (Advances in Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics)
Contributors: Donald K. Routh (Editor)
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Published: December 1992
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9781853021503
Subjects: Behavioural theory (Behaviourism); Child & developmental psychology; Paediatric medicine; Psychiatry - Child & Adolescent; Child Psychiatry; Pediatrics; Psychology
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.