Growth and development in internationally adopted children: Extent and timing of recovery after early adversity

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 282-288

  Palacios, Jesús ^a   Román, Maite ^a   Camacho, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Catch up; Development; Early adversity; Growth

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; COGNITION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAD; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TIME; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOPTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEAD; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 79951545368     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2010.01142.x     Document Type: Article

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