Assessing mothers' attitudes about the physician's role in child health promotion

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 86, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1809-1812

  Cheng, Tina L ^a,b,d   Savageau, Judith A ^b   Bigelow, Carol ^c   Charney, Evan ^b   Kumar, Sanjaya ^c   DeWitt, Thomas G ^b  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD NUTRITION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MOTHER;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MASSACHUSETTS; MOTHERS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0030463595     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.86.12.1809     Document Type: Article

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