Failure to thrive: Still a problem of definition

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-6

  Olsen, Else Marie ^a  

^a GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD GROWTH; FAILURE TO THRIVE; GROWTH DISORDER; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; WEIGHT GAIN;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 33644834186     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992280604500101     Document Type: Review

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