ADHD among young adults born at extremely low birth weight: The role of fluid intelligence in childhood

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue MAY, 2014, Pages

  Lahat, Ayelet ^a   Ryan J Van Lieshout, ^a   Saigal, Saroj ^a   Boyle, Michael H ^a   Schmidt, Louis A ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

ADHD; ELBW; Executive function; Fluid intelligence; Longitudinal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904536807     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00446     Document Type: Article

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