British Journal of General Practice, February 2015 95 of risk factors for chronic health conditions
demonstrated in the Deaf population are complex. They are not simply due to difficulties …

For heavy metals that have any degree of transfer though the placenta to the fetus, it is
unlikely that there are safe limits for maternal blood levels. The only means of reducing fetal …

Background: The Child Talk study aimed to develop an evidence-based framework to support
the decision-making of speech and language therapists (SLTs) as they design and plan …

OBJECTIVE. To calculate the prevalence of developmental coordination disorder at 7 years
of age by using Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition criteria …

Objective Postpartum depression in mothers is associated with developmental problems in
their children. Many women who are depressed following childbirth are also depressed …

Of a cohort of 308 children with homozyous sickle cell disease diagnosed at birth, 89
experienced 132 clinically significant attacks of acute splenic sequestration (ASS) over a 10-year …

… Emond et al only detected an ASD rate in this study of 62 in 10,000 while Baird et al found
a rate 116.1 in 10,000 [7] in a population of UK children and Baron-Cohen et al found a rate of …

• A questionnaire study of Jamaican patients with homozygous sickle cell (SS) disease
indicated a 42% prevalence of priapism, with a median age at onset of 21 years. Two …

Study Objectives: To provide reference data on sleep duration throughout childhood and
explore the demographic characteristics associated with sleep. Design: Population-based …

The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of autistic spectrum disorder (ASD)
within a large representative population sample: the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and …