The risk for impaired learning-related abilities in childhood and educational attainment among adults born near-term.

Objective: To examine whether near-term births (NTB) and small-for-gestational-age (SGA) infants are at high risk for childhood learning-related problems and poor adult educational attainment, and whether poverty amplifies the adverse effects of NTB and SGA on those outcomes.Methods: A randomly sele...

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Published in:Journal of Pediatric Psychology Vol. 34; no. 4; pp. 406 - 419
Main Authors: Nomura Y, Halperin JM, Newcorn JH, Davey C, Fifer WP, Savitz DA, Brooks-Gunn J, Nomura, Yoko, Halperin, Jeffrey M, Newcorn, Jeffrey H, Davey, Charles, Fifer, William P, Savitz, David A, Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne
Format: research Journal Article
Published: Oxford University Press / USA May2009
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