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On Effective Prevention of Mental Retardation

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Mental retardation is one of the nation’s greatest public health problems. It is estimated that there are over 6 million persons in this country who are mentally retarded, and each year more than 100,000 new cases of retardation occur.

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  1. Child Development Center, Rhode Island Hospital, Brown University Program in Medicine, Providence, Rhode Island, 02902, USA

    S. M. Pueschel

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  1. The Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Dennis C. Russo

  2. Kennedy Memorial Hospital for Children, Brighton, Massachusetts, USA

    Jurgen H. Kedesdy

  3. Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Jurgen H. Kedesdy

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Pueschel, S.M. (1988). On Effective Prevention of Mental Retardation. In: Russo, D.C., Kedesdy, J.H. (eds) Behavioral Medicine with the Developmentally Disabled. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0999-4_14

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