Influence of positioning of infants on long-term changes of cephalic dimensions

Central European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 83-87

  Paulova M ^a   Blaha P ^a   Vignerova J ^b   Riedlova J ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Debrachycephalization; Head circumference; Maximum length of the head; Maximum width of the head; Positioning of infant

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY POSITION; CZECH REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SLEEP;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CZECH REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; POSTURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; SKULL; SLEEP; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034058242     PISSN: 12107778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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