Growing pains in children: Epidemiological analysis in a Mediterranean population

Joint Bone Spine

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 486-490

  Kaspiris, Angelos ^a   Zafiropoulou, Chrisi ^b  

^a THRIASIO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b Sector of Paediatrics   (Greece)

Author keywords

Children; Epidemiology; Growing pains

Indexed keywords

MEFENAMIC ACID; PARACETAMOL;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASSAGE; MORBIDITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LEG; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THINNESS;

EID: 70449517501     PISSN: 1297319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2009.09.001     Document Type: Article

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