Medical diagnoses and growth of children residing in Russian orphanages

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 96, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1765-1769

  Miller, Laurie C ^a   Chan, Wilma ^a   Litvinova, Aina ^b   Rubin, Arkady ^b   Tirella, Linda ^a   Cermak, Sharon ^c  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Health Care Committee   (Russian Federation)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Intercountry adoption; Orphan; Orphanages; Russia

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ILLICIT DRUG;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN DISEASE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; GROWTH RETARDATION; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MICROCEPHALY; MOTHER; ORPHANAGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RICKETS; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX RATIO; SHORT STATURE; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; UNDERWEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA; BODY SIZE; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, INSTITUTIONALIZED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; ORPHANAGES; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RICKETS; RUSSIA;

EID: 36248983212     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2007.00537.x     Document Type: Article

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