Predictors of Individual Differences in Attention among Low Birth Weight Children

Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-21

  Robson, Ann L ^a   Pederson, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attention; Early childhood; Low birth weight

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INDIVIDUALITY; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PERSONALITY TEST; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERAMENT; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INDIVIDUALITY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 0031068346     PISSN: 0196206X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004703-199702000-00004     Document Type: Article

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