Citation

Barnes F. Child Care Health Dev. 1975; 1(6): 421-433.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1975, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1222501

Abstract

This study is concerned with a group of normal children. It reports a correlation between the condition of a baby at birth, as recorded by a modified Apgar scale, and a future history of accidental injury before age three. Various other behavioural characteristics were also associated with having scored relatively poorly on the Apgar type scale; in addition, there was some evidence that the pregnancies and previous obstetric histories of the mothers of poor birth status babies had been different. Possible connections between the behavioural characteristics and a liability to accidental injury are discussed, as is the part played by the relatively poor status at birth.

Language: en