Preterm infants of educated mothers have better outcome

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 568-573

  Wang, Lan Wan ^a,b   Wang, Shan Tair ^b   Huang, Chao Ching ^b,c  

^a CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Developmental trajectories; Early intervention; Maternal education; Neurological status; Very low birthweight infants

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYLEY SCALES OF INFANT DEVELOPMENT II; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TAIWAN;

EID: 41749083988     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2008.00738.x     Document Type: Article

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