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Edited by Jan G. Nijhuis. 283 pp., illustrated. New York, Oxford University Press, 1992. $78. ISBN 0-19-262089-4.

The 18 chapters that make up this "first handbook on fetal behaviour" demonstrate once again how technological advances, such as the development of real-time ultrasonographic imaging in the early 1970s, make possible entirely new fields of study. Nijhuis' well-edited book provides an excellent summary of the knowledge accrued from the application of real-time ultrasonographic imaging to the study of fetal behavior, and the relation of that behavior to early postnatal behavior.

In true handbook fashion, each chapter is relatively brief (ranging from 6 to 28 pages, including ample references). Even the most technical of the chapters is written so that . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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