Children with chronic conditions: The importance of growth assessment

Nurse Practitioner Forum: Current Topics and Communications

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 26-31

  Lipman, Terri H ^a,b   McKnight, Heather J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REVIEW;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0034157925     PISSN: 10455485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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