Health problems of internationally adopted children

Italian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 92-99

  Cataldo, Francesco ^a,b   Viviano, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b Ospedale Aiuto Materno   (Italy)

Author keywords

International adoptions

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B SURFACE ANTIGEN; HEPATITIS C ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOPTED CHILD; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; ITALY; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; ORPHANAGE; PARASITISM; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RICKETS; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN INFECTION; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 34547488535     PISSN: 17208424     EISSN: 18247288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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