Gross motor skills of premature, Very low-birthweight Chinese children

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 179-183

  Lee, Shing Yan Robert ^a   Chow, Chun Bong ^a   Ma, Pui Yee Amy ^b   Ho, Yuen Bing ^a   Shek, Chi Chiu ^a  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b Hong Kong Christian Service   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CHILD HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; WEIGHT;

ARTICLE; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PARENT; PREMATURITY; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

BODY CONSTITUTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 3042547040     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/027249304225013466     Document Type: Article

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