Behavioral problems and the effects of early intervention on eight-year-old children with learning disabilities

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 329-338

  Yu, Jennifer W ^a   Buka, Stephen L ^b   McCormick, Marie C ^b   Fitzmaurice, Garrett M ^b,c   Indurkhya, Alka ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Childhood; Early intervention; Learning disability

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; PREVALENCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33745757808     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-005-0066-7     Document Type: Article

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