Prevalence of Cerebral Palsy among 8-Year-Old Children in 2010 and Preliminary Evidence of Trends in Its Relationship to Low Birthweight

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 496-510

  Durkin, Maureen S ^a,b   Benedict, Ruth E ^b,c   Christensen, Deborah ^d   Dubois, Lindsay A ^a,b   Fitzgerald, Robert T ^e   Kirby, Russell S ^f   Maenner, Matthew J ^d   Van Naarden Braun, Kim ^d   Wingate, Martha S ^g   Yeargin Allsopp, Marshalyn ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

birth weight; cerebral palsy; epidemiology prevalence; public health surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; BLACK PERSON; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERINATAL PERIOD; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREMATURE LABOR; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; UNITED STATES; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EID: 84980027611     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ppe.12299     Document Type: Article

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