Handedness in very-low-birthweight (VLBW) children at 12 years of age: Relation to perinatal and outcome variables

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 594-602

  Powls, Andrew ^a   Botting, Nicola ^a   Cooke, Richard W I ^a   Marlow, Neil ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MYOPIA; PATHOLOGY; PERINATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SCHOOL CHILD; THEORY; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EID: 0029956939     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1996.tb12124.x     Document Type: Article

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