A community based study of failure to thrive in Israel

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 145-148

  Wilensky, David S ^a   Ginsberg, Gary ^b   Altman, Michal ^c   Tulchinsky, Theodore H ^c,d   Yishay, Fiameta Ben ^b,e   Auerbach, Judy ^f  

^a Jerusalem Child Development Centre   (Israel)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^d HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e District Health Officer   (Israel)

^f BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Failure to thrive; Growth; Mental development; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAILURE TO THRIVE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0029794461     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.75.2.145     Document Type: Article

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