The effects of global severe privation on cognitive competence: Extension and longitudinal follow-up

Child Development

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 376-390

  O’Connor, Thomas G ^a   Rutter, Michael ^a   Beckett, Celia ^a   Keaveney, Lisa ^a   Kreppner, Jana M ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0034150614     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8624.00151     Document Type: Article

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