High rates of school readiness difficulties at 5 years of age in very preterm infants compared with term controls

Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 117-124

  Roberts, Gehan ^a,b,c   Lim, Jeremy ^b   Doyle, Lex W ^a,b,c   Anderson, Peter J ^a,b,c  

^a ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; VICTORIA;

EID: 79951673679     PISSN: 0196206X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DBP.0b013e318206d5c9     Document Type: Article

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