Failure to thrive during ramadan: A patient report

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 323-325

  Najib, Nabeel ^a   Laraque, Danielle ^a   Leung, Joyce ^a  

^a HARLEM HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; CHILD NUTRITION; CULTURAL FACTOR; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; MOSLEM; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FAMILY HEALTH; FASTING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; ISLAM; MALE; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SOCIAL FACILITATION;

EID: 0029890181     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992289603500606     Document Type: Article

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