Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (U.S.)

Component of the NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH. It was initially established to investigate the broad aspects of human development as a means of understanding developmental disabilities, including mental retardation, and the events that occur during pregnancy. It now conducts and supports research on all stages of human development. It was established in 1962.

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Abstract

Component of the NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH. It was initially established to investigate the broad aspects of human development as a means of understanding developmental disabilities, including mental retardation, and the events that occur during pregnancy. It now conducts and supports research on all stages of human development. It was established in 1962.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
  • NICHD
  • National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

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9 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

add UNITED STATES; research support by this agency is checked as RESEARCH SUPPORT, N.I.H., EXTRAMURAL or RESEARCH SUPPORT, N.I.H., INTRAMURAL; CATALOGER: Use NAF entry

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2008

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (U.S.). Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D054582. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D054582
  2. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (U.S.). In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eunice_Kennedy_Shriver_National_Institute_of_Child_Health_and_Human_Development
  3. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (U.S.). In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5409765