Early Human Development
Volume 83, Issue 1 , Pages 19-27 , January 2007

Inter- and intra-modal matching in very low birth weight and small for gestational age adolescents

  • Kari Anne Indredavik Evensen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Laboratory Medicine, Children's and Women's Health, Faculty of Medicine, Norway
    • Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Laboratory Medicine, Children's and Women's Health, St. Olavs Hospital HF, N-7006 Trondheim, Norway.
    • ,
  • Hermundur Sigmundsson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Sociology and Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences and Technology Management, Norway
    • Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
    • ,
  • Pål Romundstad

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health and General Practice, Faculty of Medicine, Norway
    • Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
    • ,
  • Marit S. Indredavik

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, Norway
    • Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
    • ,
  • Ann-Mari Brubakk

      Affiliations

    • Department of Laboratory Medicine, Children's and Women's Health, Faculty of Medicine, Norway
    • Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
    • ,
  • Torstein Vik

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health and General Practice, Faculty of Medicine, Norway
    • Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

,Accepted 23 March 2006.

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☆ ETHICS APPROVAL: The Regional Committee for Medical Research Ethics (Health Region IV) approved the protocol May 5th 2000.

PII: S0378-3782(06)00112-5

doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2006.03.015

Early Human Development
Volume 83, Issue 1 , Pages 19-27 , January 2007

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