Early infant growth monitoring - Time well spent?

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 404-411

  Ross, Amanda ^a,b,c   English, Mike ^a,d,e  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Growth monitoring; Infant

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH CARE;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD GROWTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; KENYA; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PATIENT MONITORING; PUBLIC HOSPITAL;

BODY WEIGHT; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KENYA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MORBIDITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 19044363341     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2005.01405.x     Document Type: Article

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