Routine weighing of babies: Does it improve feeding and care?

Journal of Child Health Care

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 90-95

  Sachs, Magda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Baby growth; Breastfeeding; Growth charts; Infant feeding; Weight monitoring

Indexed keywords

BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; EDITORIAL; GROWTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; PHYSIOLOGY;

BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; GROWTH; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INFANT;

EID: 33746692070     PISSN: 13674935     EISSN: 17412889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1367493506066423     Document Type: Article

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