Do "we just know"? Masked assessors' ability to accurately identify children with prenatal cocaine exposure

Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 340-346

  Rose Jacobs, Ruth ^a   Cabral, Howard ^a   Posner, Michael A ^a   Epstein, Jennifer ^a   Frank, Deborah A ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Child development; Cocaine; Methodology

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0036772490     PISSN: 0196206X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004703-200210000-00007     Document Type: Article

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