Gestational Age at Delivery and Special Educational Need: Retrospective Cohort Study of 407,503 Schoolchildren

Daniel F. MacKay; Gordon C. S. Smith; Richard Dobbie; Jill P. Pell

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000289

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Gestational Age at Delivery and Special Educational Need: Retrospective Cohort Study of 407,503 Schoolchildren

Daniel F. MacKay,

Affiliation Section of Public Health, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Gordon C. S. Smith,

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Cambridge University, The Rosie Hospital Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Richard Dobbie,

Affiliation Information Services Division, NHS Scotland, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Jill P. Pell

* E-mail: j.pell@clinmed.gla.ac.uk

Affiliation Section of Public Health, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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Gestational Age at Delivery and Special Educational Need: Retrospective Cohort Study of 407,503 Schoolchildren

Daniel F. MacKay,
Gordon C. S. Smith,
Richard Dobbie,
Jill P. Pell

Published: June 8, 2010
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000289

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