The development of low birth weight term infants and the effects of the environment in Northeast Brazil

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 661-666

  Grantham McGregor, S M ^a   Lira, P I C ^a   Ashworth, A ^a   Morris, S S ^a   Assuncao, A M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0031923835     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3476(98)70357-9     Document Type: Article

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