Season of birth in danish children with language disorder born in the 1958-1976 period

Neuropsychobiology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 93-99

  Hauschild, Karen Marie ^a   Mouridsen, Svend Erik ^a   Nielsen, Søren ^b  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b NAESTVED HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dyslexia; Infantile autism; Language disorder; Season of birth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENMARK; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANTILE AUTISM; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENMARK; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE; SEASONS;

EID: 17144397572     PISSN: 0302282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000084166     Document Type: Article

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