The temperament of pre-term, low birth weight infants and its potential biological substrates

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 392-402

  Weiss, Sandra J ^a   Jonn Seed, Mary St ^b   Wilson, Peggy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Low birth weight; Perinatal risk; Prematurity; Temperament

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NEWBORN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREMATURITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; STANDARDIZATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPERAMENT;

ADULT; AFFECT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASIAN AMERICANS; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; EMOTIONS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; MORBIDITY; MOTHERS; PERIODICITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 10044284085     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.20038     Document Type: Article

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