The effect of psychosocial stimulation on cognition and behaviour at 6 years in a cohort of term, low-birthweight Jamaican children

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Walker, Susan P ^a   Chang, Susan M ^a   Younger, Novie ^a   Grantham Mcgregor, Sally M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; JAMAICA; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REINFORCEMENT; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SPATIAL MEMORY; STIMULATION; VISUAL MEMORY;

BEHAVIOR; CHILD; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; JAMAICA; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REINFORCEMENT, SOCIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954636346     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2010.03637.x     Document Type: Article

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