"Is early childhood development impeded by the birth timing of the youn" by Gursimran Dhamrait, Melissa O'Donnell et al.
Background This study investigated whether the timing of birth of the younger siblings was associated with the risk of the older siblings’ developmental vulnerability in early childhood. Methods Linkage of population-level birth registration, hospital, and perinatal datasets to Australian Early Development Census (AEDC) records (2009–2015), enabled follow-up of a cohort of 32,324 Western Australia born singletons. Children with scores <10th percentile on an individual AEDC domain>(Physical Health and Wellbeing; Social Competence; Emotional Maturity; Language and Cognitive Skills (sch...
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