Intellectual disability and ill health : a review of the evidence /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Description:	xiv, 231 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Mental Retardation. Health Status. Mentally Disabled Persons. Risk Factors. People with mental disabilities -- Mental health. People with mental disabilities -- Health and hygiene. People with mental disabilities -- Health and hygiene. People with mental disabilities -- Mental health.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8068017

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Other authors / contributors:	O'Hara, Jean. McCarthy, Jane Mary. Bouras, Nick.
ISBN:	9780521728898 (pbk.) 0521728894 (pbk.)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

List of contributors
Foreword: Norman Sartorius
Preface
Section 1. Health care and aetiology
1. Health care and intellectual disability
2. Congenital causes
3. Disorders of environmental origin
Section 2. Systems Disorders
4. Infectious diseases
5. Immune system diseases
6. Cardiovascular disease
7. Respiratory diseases
8. Digestive system diseases
9. Urological and male genital diseases
10. Obstetric and gynaecological disorders
11. Metabolic and endocrine diseases
12. Neoplasms
13. Otorhinolaryngological disorders
14. Eye diseases and visual impairment
15. Dentition and oral health diseases
Section 3. Disorders of the nervous system and neurodevelopment
16. Mental illness
17. Neurodevelopmental disorders
18. Diseases of the nervous system I: epilepsy, hydrocephaly and nervous system malformations
19. Diseases of the nervous system II: neurodegenerative diseases including dementias
20. Diseases of the nervous system III: cerebral palsy, movement disorders and pain perception
Index

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