Long-term medical issues in international adoptees

Pediatric Annals

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 234-241

  Johnson, Dana E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Box 211 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; HEPATITIS VACCINE;

ADOPTION; CHILD GROWTH; GROWTH DISORDER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0033997371     PISSN: 00904481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/0090-4481-20000401-09     Document Type: Review

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