Executive function performance on the children's kitchen task assessment with children with sickle cell disease and matched controls

Child Neuropsychology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 432-448

  Berg, Christine ^a   Edwards, Dorothy Farrar ^b   King, Allison ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological validity; Executive function; Neurocognitive assessment; Performance assessment; Sickle cell disease

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84865015514     PISSN: 09297049     EISSN: 17444136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09297049.2011.613813     Document Type: Article

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