Neurotoxicity and Developmental Disabilities /

• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Davidson, Philip William, 1941- (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Myers, Gary J. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Weiss, Bernard (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Amsterdam : London : Elsevier, 2006.
• Σειρά: International review of research in mental retardation ; v. 30.
• Θέματα: Developmental disabilities > Etiology.; Neurotoxicology.; Developmental Disabilities > etiology.; Intellectual Disability > etiology.; Neurotoxins > adverse effects.; Electronic books.

Neurotoxicity and Developmental Disabilities is a comprehensive review of the relationship between neurotoxicity and mental retardation. Though individual chapters each focus on a specific toxin, the chapters jointly emphasize that many variables influence the developmental outcomes following exposu...

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