Cognitive and educational outcomes in early adulthood for infants weighing 1000 grams or less at birth

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 733-740

  Lefebvre, Francine ^a   Mazurier, Évelyne ^b   Tessier, Réjean ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Extremely low birthtweight infants; Follow up studies; Premature infants

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREMATURITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 20544438879     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08035250510025987     Document Type: Article

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