Gestational age at delivery and special educational need: retrospective cohort study of 407,503 schoolchildren.

Previous studies have demonstrated an association between preterm delivery and increased risk of special educational need (SEN). The aim of our study was to examine the risk of SEN across the full range of gestation.We conducted a population-based, retrospective study by linking school census data o...

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Main Authors: Daniel F MacKay, Gordon C S Smith, Richard Dobbie, Jill P Pell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-06-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2882432?pdf=render