Short normal children and environmental disadvantage: A longitudinal study of growth and cognitive development from 4 to 11 years

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1017-1029

  Dowdney, Linda ^a   Skuse, David ^b   Morris, Kathleen ^c   Pickles, Andrew ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child; Growth; Infancy; Intelligence; Longitudinal; Preschool children; Reading; School children; Short normal; Social deprivation; Special education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; CATCH UP GROWTH; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMIGRAVIDA; RISK FACTOR; SHORT STATURE; SKILL; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPEECH THERAPY; URBAN AREA; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0031663794     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021963098003060     Document Type: Article

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