Reconsidering the impact of preterm birth on language outcome

Early Human Development

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 639-645

  Guarini, Annalisa ^a   Sansavini, Alessandra ^a   Fabbri, Cristina ^a   Alessandroni, Rosina ^a   Faldella, Giacomo ^a   Karmiloff Smith, Annette ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Grammar; Phonological awareness; Preschool age; Preterm birth; Vocabulary

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAMMAR; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PHONETICS; PREMATURITY; RISK FACTOR; TERM BIRTH;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; PREMATURE BIRTH;

EID: 70350050824     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2009.08.061     Document Type: Article

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