Influence of mothers' characteristics on their perceptions and use of the growth chart

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 974-980

  Al Nahedh, N ^a   Bamgboye, E A ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GROWTH CURVE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MONITORING; PARITY; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAUDI ARABIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUDIOVISUAL AIDS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHERS; OCCUPATIONS; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PARITY; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 17144406862     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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