This is a clinical text about the commonest physical disability - the cerebral palsies. It follows up on the authors' earlier work The Epidemiology of the Cerebral Palsies, and its focus is still on epidemiology. In Cerebral Palsies: Epidemiology and Causal Pathways the authors offer:
Guidance on how best to study causes
Advice on how to use the massive amount of information available internationally
Novel ways to collect and analyse data
A complete review of all published data on trends in the cerebral palsies
New ways of thinking about causal pathways in the cerebral palsies which suggest possible new prevention pathway
A chapter devoted to systematic management of the cerebral palsies.
This is a timely update and an essential guide to good epidemiological research into cerebral palsies and related areas.

This book analyzes the effects of parental smoking on all aspects of reproduction and child development. With contributions from respected and authoritative specialists, it includes new research findings and new methods of data analysis, with particular emphasis on social class factors. The authors discuss how smoking affects placental, fetal, and child development. Important subjects covered include the relationships between smoking and pre-eclampsia, ectopic pregnancy. Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, and respiratory disease in children. The final chapters discuss research related to health education and the prevention of maternal smoking. This comprehensive volume will be of interest to obstetricians, pediatricians, epidemiologists, and those involved in public health medicine.