What is the leading cause of infant mortality and at what age are infants most vulnerable?
What will be an ideal response?
Infants are most vulnerable during their first month of life. Infant mortality at this age is often due to severe birth defects, low birth weight, or as an indirect consequence of the mother's death during childbirth.
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Longitudinal epidemiological studies that begin with people who are disease-free and are then followed for a period of years are called:
A) retrospective studies. B) prospective studies. C) correlational studies. D) cross-sectional studies
Participants in Shepard and Metzler's research reported that, to decide whether the
geometric shapes were identical, they a. compared the numbers of blocks in each shape. b. estimated the number of steps that would be required in order to alter one of the shapes to make it identical to the other. c. alternately close one eye then the other to see if the images looked different. d. rotated an image of one of the shapes in their heads. e. imagined what each shape would look like if it was rotated 90 degrees.