Outcome of very low birth weight infants at 12 to 18 months of age in Soweto, South Africa

Pediatrics

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 537-544

  Cooper, Peter A ^a,b   Sandler, Daniel L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

developing country; developmental outcome; follow up; growth; handicap; very low birth weight

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISABILITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EID: 0030898196     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.99.4.537     Document Type: Article

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