Attention deficits in children with < 750 gm birth weight

Child Neuropsychology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 21-34

  Taylor, H Gerry ^a,c   Hack, Maureen ^a   Klein, Nancy K ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0031749493     PISSN: 09297049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/chin.4.1.21.3188     Document Type: Article

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