Analysis of compliance, morbidities and outcome in neurodevelopmental follow-up visits in urban African-American infants at environmental risk

Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 396-402

  Perenyi, A ^a   Katz, J ^b   Flom, P ^b   Regensberg, S ^a   Sklar, T ^a  

^a Downstate Health Sciences University   (United States)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; compliance; neurodevelopmental outcome

Indexed keywords

EID: 84999085245     PISSN: 20401744     EISSN: 20401752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S2040174410000590     Document Type: Article

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