Socio-economic achievements of individuals born very preterm at the age of 27 to 29 years

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 848-850

  Saigal, Saroj ^a   Streiner, David ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACADEMIC FAILURE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NOTE; PREMATURITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STILLBIRTH; ADULT; LETTER; NEWBORN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 70350494700     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2009.03374.x     Document Type: Note

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