Evaluation of Risk Factors for Neurological Diseases and Mental Retardation in a Prospective Cohort Study

v. Wendt, L.; Rantakallio, P.

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-69939-9_37

L. v. Wendt⁴ &
P. Rantakallio⁴

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The population-based prospective or semi-prospective study appears to be the most reliable method for evaluating the importance of risk factors and etiological factors for the development of chronic disease in the paediatric age-group. In order to study the impact of social background factors, pre-, peri- and postnatal factors on the pattern of morbidity in children the prospective cohort-study of Northern Finland was initiated in 1965 (Rantakallio, 1969)

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Department of Paediatrics and Department of Public Health Science, University of Oulu, SF-90220, Finland
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v. Wendt, L., Rantakallio, P. (1984). Evaluation of Risk Factors for Neurological Diseases and Mental Retardation in a Prospective Cohort Study. In: van Eimeren, W., Engelbrecht, R., Flagle, C.D. (eds) Third International Conference on System Science in Health Care. Health Systems Research. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69939-9_37

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