The importance of slow weight gain in the first 2 months in identifying children who fail to thrive.
A number of authors have suggested that failure to thrive in infancy is best identified by slow weight gain after the child is 6-8 weeks old. The aim of this study was to assess this suggestion by investigating associations between slow weight gain before and after the 6-8 week check and behavioural...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Reproductive & Infant Psychology Vol. 23; no. 4; pp. 309 - 318 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Nov2005
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