Referral patterns of children with poor growth in primary health care

BMC Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Grote, Floor K ^a   Oostdijk, Wilma ^a   De Muinck Keizer Schrama, Sabine M P F ^b   Dekker, Friedo W ^a   Van Dommelen, Paula ^c   Van Buuren, Stef ^c,d   Lodder van Der Kooij, Adry M ^e   Verkerk, Paul H ^c   Wit, Jan Maarten ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e Public Health Services GGD Hollands Midden   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDER; GROWTH RETARDATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SCREENING; TURNER SYNDROME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; NETHERLANDS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 34249798727     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-7-77     Document Type: Article

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