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Pages 431-434

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... CBR Community-Based Rehabilitation CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CEDC Children in Especially Difficult Circumstances CEU Clinical Epidemiology Unit CINDI Countrywide integrated Noncommunicable Diseases Intervention Program CIS-R Clinical interview Schedule-Revised CMD Common Mental Disorders CMV Cytomegalovirus CNS Central Nervous System CP Cerebral Palsy CT Computerized Tomography CVT Cerebral Venous Thrombosis 431
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From page 432...
... HIV Human lmmunodeficiency Virus HPA Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal HSR Health Systems Research IBE International Bureau for Epilepsy ICD-I 0 International Statistical Classification of Disease (Tenth Revision) ICIDH International Classification of Impairments, Disabilities and Handicaps ICMR Indian Council of Medical Research ILAE International League Against Epilepsy ILO international Labor Organization IMF international Monetary Fund INCLEN lntemational Clinical Epidemiology Network IOM institute of Medicine IQ intelligence Quotient IPSS International Pilot Study of Schizophrenia LBW Low Birth Weight LDL Low-Density Lipoprotein MAOI Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitor MMSE Mini-Mental State Examination MONICA Multinational Monitoring of Trends and Determinants in Cardio vascular Disease
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From page 433...
... NIMHANS National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (India) NMHP National Mental Health Programme of India NOMASS Northern Manhattan Stroke Study OMAR Operations Monitoring and Analysis of Results OPV Oral Polio Vaccine PAHO Pan-American Health Organization PAS Periodic-Acid Schiff PCB Polychlorinated Biphenyl PET Positron Emission Tomography PHC Primary Health Care PHCW Primary Health Care Worker PKU Phenylketonuria PND Postnatal Depression PRC People's Republic of China PRDP Population Rate Difference Percentage PSE Present State Examination PTSD Posttraumatic Stress Disorder QALY Quality-Adjusted Life Years RCS Research Capability Strengthening RITM Research institute for Tropical Medicine RTPA Recombinant Tissue Plasminogen Activator SAARC South Asian Assistance for Regional Cooperation SBK Shishu Bikash Kendro SCAN Schedules for Clinical Assessment in Neuropsychiatry SMR Standard Mortality Ratio SPECT Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography SPI Study of Perioperative lschemia SSRI Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor TCA Tricyclic Antidepressants TDR The Special Program for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases TIA Transient Ischemic Attack TQ Ten-Question Method 433
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... 434 NEUROLOGICAL, PSYCHIA TRIC, AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISOBEY TSH UK UN UNDP UNESCO UNHCR UNICEF USAID USD WHO YLD Thyroid Stimulating Hormone United Kingdom United Nations United Nations Development Program United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees United Nations international Children's Emergency Fund United States Agency for International Development United States Dollar World Health Organization Years Lived with Disability YLL Years of Life Lost ZPHCA Zimbabwe Parents of Handicapped Children Association
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  • stroke study
  • primary health
  • recombinant tissue
  • emission computed

  • venous thrombosis
  • difficult circumstances
  • diseases intervention
  • manhattan stroke
  • south asian

  • birth weight
  • statistical classification
  • selective serotonin
  • computed tomography
  • capability strengthening

  • tenth revision
  • population rate
  • mortality ratio
  • serotonin reuptake
  • epidemiology network

  • integrated noncommunicable
  • national mental
  • standard mortality
  • northern manhattan
  • low birth

  • countrywide integrated
  • neuro sciences
  • shishu bikash
  • tissue plasminogen
  • asian assistance


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