Pygmalion in the Cradle: Observer Bias Against Cocaine-Exposed Infants

Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 283-285

  Woods, Nanci Stewart ^a   Eyler, Fonda Davis ^c   Conlon, Michael ^c   Behnke, Marylou ^c   Wobie, Kathleen ^b  

^a AUSTIN PEAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; COCAINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 0032132786     PISSN: 0196206X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004703-199808000-00007     Document Type: Article

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