during a historic prospective study, measurements of weight, height and head circumferences were carried out in a group of 393 tehrani boys and girls between the first and 36th month of life and measurements were plotted over the n.c.h.s. curves. these children belonged to middle and high-class literate families who were able to understand and follow the medical advice given by their private pe...

AIM To assess the prevalence, distribution, and associated risk factors of severe early childhood caries (S-ECC) among 12- to 36-month-old children of district Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh, India. MATERIALS AND METHODS The present study was conducted on a random sample of 510 children, both boys and girls, between 12 and 36 months of age randomly selected from various government-sponsored day-ca...

abstract background: assessment of developmental skills is one of the most essential components of children’s health evaluation. since several pubertal disorders are caused by parental negligence in diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of childhood problems, failure to make a timely diagnosis of these problems could have adverse effects on the health of children in future. this study was conduc...

OBJECTIVE To describe severity of anemia and explore its determinants among children under 36 months old in rural western China. STUDY DESIGN The family information of 6711 children was collected and their hemoglobin was measured in 2005. A generalized estimated equation (GEE) linear model was used to identify the determinants of severity of childhood anemia. RESULTS The prevalence of mild,...