The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 157, Issue 2 , Pages 316-321.e2 , August 2010

Early Findings of Preventive Child Healthcare Professionals Predict Psychosocial Problems in Preadolescence: The TRAILS Study

  • Merlijne Jaspers, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Sciences, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: M. Jaspers, MSc, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Department of Health Sciences, PO Box 196, 9700 AD Groningen, The Netherlands.
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  • Andrea F. de Winter, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Sciences, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
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  • Gea de Meer, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Sciences, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
    • Municipal Health Service Fryslân, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands
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  • Roy E. Stewart, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Sciences, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
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  • Frank C. Verhulst, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Erasmus MC-Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Johan Ormel, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
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  • Sijmen A. Reijneveld, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Sciences, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands

Received 8 December 2009 ,Accepted 11 February 2010.

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PII: S0022-3476(10)00139-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2010.02.015

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 157, Issue 2 , Pages 316-321.e2 , August 2010

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