A longitudinal study of the physical growth and health of post institutionalized Romanian adoptees

Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 85-91

  Le Mare, Lucy ^a   Audet, Karyn ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Early deprivation; International adoption; Physical growth; Postinstitutionalized adoptees; Romanian orphans

Indexed keywords

ADOPTED CHILD; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CATCH UP GROWTH; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HAIR GROWTH; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENARCHE; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PUBERTY; ROMANIA; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VOICE CHANGE;

EID: 33645462917     PISSN: 12057088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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