The Case for Evidence-Based Toilet Training

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1153-1154

  Christophersen, Edward R ^a  

^a CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD REARING; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PEDIATRICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSTIPATION; ENCOPRESIS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; TOILET TRAINING;

EID: 0344236387     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.157.12.1153     Document Type: Editorial

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