Intelligence Quotient (IQ) and growth indices in children with the history of low birth weight

Iranian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 387-392

  Mahram, Manoochehr ^a   Mousavinasab, Noureddin ^a   Urimei, Amin Gooran ^b  

^a ZANJAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b General Practitioner   (Iran)

Author keywords

Children; Height; Intelligence Quotient; IQ; Low Birth Weight; Weight

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

EID: 74049083353     PISSN: 10184406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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