Assessment of Growth by Primary Health Care Providers

Journal of Pediatric Health Care

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 166-171

  Lipman, Terri H ^a,b   Hench, Karen ^c   Logan, Jeanne D ^e   DiFazio, Diane A ^e   Hale, Paula M ^d   Singer Granick, Carol ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

^d ST CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERENCE VALUE;

BODY HEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0034232299     PISSN: 08915245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0891-5245(00)53388-4     Document Type: Article

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