Medical evaluation of internationally adopted children

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 325, Issue 7, 1991, Pages 479-485

  Hostetter, Margaret K ^a   Iverson, Sandra ^a   Thomas, William ^b   Mckenzie, David ^b   Dole, Kathryn ^a   Johnson, Dana E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFANT; INTESTINE PARASITE; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYPHILIS; TUBERCULIN TEST;

EID: 0025820604     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199108153250706     Document Type: Article

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