Reliability of Neurobehavioral Assessments from Birth to Term Equivalent Age in Preterm and Term Born Infants

Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 108-119

  Eeles, Abbey L ^a   Olsen, Joy E ^a   Walsh, Jennifer M ^a   McInnes, Emma K ^a   Molesworth, Charlotte M L ^a   Cheong, Jeanie L Y ^a   Doyle, Lex W ^a   Spittle, Alicia J ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEWBORN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREMATURITY; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TERM BIRTH;

BEHAVIOR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREMATURE BIRTH; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TERM BIRTH;

EID: 84961390162     PISSN: 01942638     EISSN: 15413144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01942638.2015.1135845     Document Type: Article

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