Health of children adopted from the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe: Comparison with preadoptive medical records

JAMA

Volumn 278, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 922-924

  Albers, Lisa H ^a   Johnson, Dana E ^b   Hostetter, Margaret K ^b   Iverson, Sandra ^b   Miller, Laurie C ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIV OF MINNESOTA HOSP AND CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; MEASLES VACCINE; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE;

ADOPTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EASTERN EUROPE; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; USSR;

EID: 0030827540     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.278.11.922     Document Type: Article

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