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ERIC Number: EJ526406
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0012-1649
Methodological Considerations in Behavioral Toxicology in Infants and Children.
Jacobson, Joseph L.; Jacobson, Sandra W.
Developmental Psychology, v32 n3 p390-403 May 1996
Examined methodological issues related to the detection and evaluation of behavioral toxicity in infants and children, focusing on the selection of appropriate variables and strategies to control for confounding, sampling strategies and the problem of "overcontrol" for confounding; and the evaluation of dose-response relations and thresholds. (MDM)
Descriptors: Children, Developmental Psychology, Error of Measurement, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Infants, Predictor Variables, Prenatal Influences, Reliability, Research Methodology, Sampling, Toxicology
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Fetal Drug Exposure
Note: This article is part of a special section: Biomedicine and Developmental Psychology: New Areas of Common Ground.