Health before and after adoption from Eastern Europe

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 720-725

  Landgren, Magnus ^a   Andersson Grönlund, Marita ^b   Elfstrand, Per Olof ^a   Simonsson, Jan Erik ^c   Svensson, Leif ^d   Strömland, Kerstin ^b  

^a SKARABORG HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c QUEEN SILVIA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d Primary Care   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adoption; Alcohol; Eastern Europe; Growth retardation; Neurodevelopment disorder

Indexed keywords

ADOPTED CHILD; ADOPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD HEALTH; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EASTERN EUROPE; FEMALE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MOTHER; PERINATAL PERIOD; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN;

ADOPTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ESTONIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; LATVIA; MALE; POLAND; ROMANIA; RUSSIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 33745061572     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08035250500455871     Document Type: Article

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