Medical Evaluation of Internationally Adopted Children
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- 15 August 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 325 (7), 479-485
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199108153250706
Abstract
Despite many reports of medical illness in children adopted from abroad, there are currently no accepted guidelines for medical evaluation of this population.Keywords
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