Low birth weight young adults: Quality of life, academic achievements and social functioning

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 284-288

  Odberg, Morten Duus ^a,b   Elgen, Irene Bircow ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Division of Psychiatry   (Norway)

Author keywords

Low birth weight outcome; Quality of life; School performance; Social adjustment

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE CHILD FORM 87; CHILD REARING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PARENTAL STRESS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF ESTEEM; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651374908     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2010.02096.x     Document Type: Article

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