Health before and after adoption from Eastern Europe
Health before and after adoption from Eastern Europe
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DOI:
10.1080/08035250500455871
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发表时间:
2006-06-01
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影响因子:
3.8
通讯作者:
Stromland, Kerstin
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作者:
Landgren, Magnus;Gronlund, Marita Andersson;Stromland, Kerstin
Design: A population-based study of pre-adoption, arrival and post-adoption health. Aim: To report prenatal and postnatal background factors, morbidity, growth and development in adoptees from Eastern Europe. Subjects and Methods: All 99 children born in Eastern Europe between 1990 and 1995 and adopted to western Sweden during 1993 - 1997 were invited to participate in the study. Altogether, 76 (77%) participated. Medical records from the birth countries, from the examination at arrival and from medical reports made during a mean post-adoption period of 5 years were evaluated. Results: Low birth weight (