Educational Needs of School-Aged Children Born Very and Extremely Preterm: A Review

Educational Psychology Review

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 247-266

  Hornby, Garry ^a   Woodward, Lianne J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Education; Low birth weight; Outcome; Preterm; Review; School; Very preterm

Indexed keywords

EID: 71449110518     PISSN: 1040726X     EISSN: 1573336X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10648-009-9109-8     Document Type: Review

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