The incidence of positional plagiocephaly: A cohort study

Pediatrics

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 298-304

  Mawji, Aliyah ^a   Vollman, Ardene Robinson ^b   Hatfield, Jennifer ^b   McNeil, Deborah A ^c,d   Sauvé, Reginald ^b,e  

^a MOUNT ROYAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Departments of Community Health Sciences   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES   (Canada)

^e Faculty of Medicine   (Canada)

Author keywords

Deformational plagiocephaly; Incidence; Nonsynostotic plagiocephaly; Positional plagiocephaly

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PLAGIOCEPHALY; POSITIONAL PLAGIOCEPHALY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

DEFORMATIONAL PLAGIOCEPHALY; INCIDENCE; NONSYNOSTOTIC PLAGIOCEPHALY; POSITIONAL PLAGIOCEPHALY;

ALBERTA; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CRANIOSYNOSTOSES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; PLAGIOCEPHALY, NONSYNOSTOTIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 84882263594     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2012-3438     Document Type: Article

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