Screening for failure to thrive - What are we looking for?

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 223-234

  Wright, C M ^a,c   Talbot, E ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children   (United Kingdom)

^c Donald Court House ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Failure to thrive; Neglect; Undernutrition

Indexed keywords

CHILD ABUSE; FAILURE TO THRIVE; HUMAN; INFANT; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SOCIAL WORK;

CHILD ABUSE; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAILURE TO THRIVE; HUMANS; INFANT; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT CARE TEAM; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 0030183313     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.1996.tb00425.x     Document Type: Article

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