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...

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...

To evaluate the effectiveness of the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) program, we conducted a cross-sectional observational study on nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae 3 years after implementation of the program in the Netherlands. We compared pneumococcal serotypes in 329 prebooster 11-month-old children, 330 fully vaccinated 24-month-old children, and 324 parent...