Eating habits of young children with Down syndrome in The Netherlands: Adequate nutrient intakes but delayed introduction of solid food

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 98, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 790-794

  Hopman, Erica ^a   Csizmadia, Cassandra G ^a   Bastiani, Wieke F ^b,c   Engels, Quirina M ^b,c   De Graaf, Erika ^d   Le Cessie, Saskia ^a   Mearin, M Luisa ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Hogeschool ^*

^c Department of Pediatrics   (Netherlands)

^d Down Syndrome Foundation   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DOWN SYNDROME; EATING HABIT; HUMAN; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; NETHERLANDS; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SPEECH DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0031869488     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8223(98)00178-3     Document Type: Article

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