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AETIOLOGY OF MENTAL RETARDATION
Author(s) -
A A Morrison
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1975.tb106454.x
Subject(s) - mentally retarded , etiology , mental deficiency , psychology , psychiatry , developmental psychology , clinical psychology
The aetiological factors related to mental retardation are tabulated and discussed. The data comprise part of the findings of a large scale sociological survey of mental retardation and show that approximately 65% of subjects classified as "mentally retarded" have a specific diagnosis.