Screening for psychosocial development among infants in an urban slum of Delhi

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 841-845

  Malik, Meenakshi ^a   Pradhan, S K ^a   Prasuna, J G ^a  

^a LADY HARDINGE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Infants; Psychosocial development screening; Urban slum

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; SCREENING; SCREENING TEST; SKILL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; VISION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; POVERTY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; URBAN POPULATION;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INTERVIEWS; MALE; POVERTY AREAS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 35848962935     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-007-0150-7     Document Type: Article

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