A multicentre randomized controlled trial of an intervention to improve the accuracy of linear growth measurement

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 342-346

  Lipman, T H ^a,b   Hench, K D ^b   Benyi, T ^b   Delaune, J ^b   Gilluly, K A ^b   Johnson, L ^b   Johnson, M G ^b   McKnight Menci, H ^a   Shorkey, D ^b   Shults, J ^a   Waite, F L ^b   Weber, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Pediat Endocrinol Nursing S M S   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL STAFF; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK; STANDARDIZATION; TRAINING; UNITED STATES; BODY HEIGHT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; GROWTH; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING EDUCATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING; GROWTH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 1942502181     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2003.030072     Document Type: Article

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