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Fryer, George E., Jr. – Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 1988
A meta-analysis of eight studies, involving 192 subjects, was performed to ascertain the efficacy of hospitalization of children with nonorganic failure to thrive. Hospitalization was found to approximately double the probability of catch-up physical growth for the children, but psychosocial development was only modestly hastened by…
Descriptors: Body Height, Body Weight, Child Development, Emotional Development
