Association of Apgar score at five minutes with long-term neurologic disability and cognitive function in a prevalence study of Danish conscripts

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Ehrenstein, Vera ^a,b   Pedersen, Lars ^a   Grijota, Miriam ^a   Nielsen, Gunnar Lauge ^a   Rothman, Kenneth J ^b,c   Sørensen, Henrik ^a,b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c RTI HEALTH SOLUTIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DENMARK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; FOLLOW UP; INTELLIGENCE TEST; REGISTER; SOLDIER; STATISTICS;

APGAR SCORE; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65449173557     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-9-14     Document Type: Article

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