Open AccessThe administrative prevalence of mental retardation in 10-year-old children in metropolitan Atlanta, 1985 through 1987.
Author(s) -
Catherine C. Murphy,
Marshalyn YearginAllsopp,
Pierre Decouflé,
Carolyn Drews
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.85.3.319
Subject(s) - metropolitan area , intelligence quotient , medicine , mental health , atlanta , odds ratio , prevalence , demography , psychiatry , pediatrics , epidemiology , cognition , pathology , sociology
In this study, data from the Metropolitan Atlanta Developmental Disabilities Study were used to determine the administrative prevalence (i.e., the number of children previously identified for service provision) of mental retardation among 10-year-old children during the years 1985 through 1987.