Respiratory rate and body mass in the first three years of life

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 151-154

  Gagliardi, Luigi ^a   Rusconi, Franca ^b   Castagneto, M ^c   Leo, G ^c   Porta, N ^c   Razon, S ^c   Pellegatta, A ^c  

^a OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c Ospedale Niguarda Ca'Granda ^*

Author keywords

body weight; breathing rate; respiratory development; sleeping state; wakeful state

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BREATHING RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031017562     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.76.2.151     Document Type: Article

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