Introduction: The consequences of being born very early or very small

Developmental Neuropsychology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-4

  Anderson, Peter J ^a,b   Dewey, Deborah ^c,d  

^a MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ALBERTA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT;

HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE;

EID: 79251516420     PISSN: 87565641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/87565641.2011.540522     Document Type: Article

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