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Publication Date: 1978-Sep
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Decline of Down's Syndrome after Abortion Reform in New York State.
Hansen, Holger
American Journal of Mental Deficiency, v83 n2 p185-88 Sep 1978
Incidence rates derived from prospective studies of 120,000 newborns were applied to live births and induced abortions in order to estimate the trend of Down's syndrome in New York State after liberalization of the abortion law in 1970. (Author)
Descriptors: Abortions, Downs Syndrome, Drafting, Exceptional Child Research, Incidence, Mental Retardation
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Language: English
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