Developmental assessment of preterm and term children at 18 months: Reproducibility and validity of a postal questionnaire to parents

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1101-1107

  Bortolus, R ^a   Parazzini, F ^a   Trevisanuto, D ^b   Cipriani, S ^a   Ferrarese, P ^b   Zanardo, V ^b  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

18 Months; Child development; Parent assessment; Postal questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PARENT; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTAL MAIL; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0036402188     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/080352502760311610     Document Type: Article

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