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Peer reviewedIivanainen, Matti; Lahdevirta, Juhani – Australia and New Zealand Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 1988
Examination of 1,000 Finnish patients with mental retardation indicated that infectious diseases were the only cause of mental retardation in 11.1 percent and a contributory cause in a further 1.5 percent. Among the former group of 111 patients, the causative infectious disease operated prenatally in 18 percent and perinatally/postnatally in 82…
Descriptors: Communicable Diseases, Etiology, Foreign Countries, Incidence
Peer reviewedManderbacka, Kristiina; And Others – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1992
Examined association between mother's marital status and perinatal outcome among single births in Finland in 1987 (n=56,595 infants). Found that perinatal deaths, low birthweight, and preterm infants were more common among single mothers than among married mothers. Results for cohabiting mothers were more similar to those of married than to those…
Descriptors: Birth Weight, Cohabitation, Foreign Countries, Infants
