Toilet training: Methods, parental expectations and associated dysfunctions;Treinamento esfincteriano: Métodos, expectativas dos pais e morbidades associadas

Jornal de Pediatria

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-17

  Mota, Denise Marques ^a,b   Barros, Aluisio J D ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Child; Elimination disorders; Enuresis; Toilet training; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

BLADDER DISEASE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD REARING; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONSTIPATION; DATA BASE; ENURESIS; EXPECTATION; FECES INCONTINENCE; HUMAN; MEDLINE; MICTURITION DISORDER; MICTURITION REFLEX; MORBIDITY; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSTIPATION; ENURESIS; HUMANS; INFANT; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; TIME FACTORS; TOILET TRAINING;

EID: 39649101250     PISSN: 00217557     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2223/JPED.1752     Document Type: Review

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