Pica in under- 6 year old kindergarten children in Bushehr

Background: Pica is an eating disorder typically defined as the persistent eating of nonnutritive substances for a period of at least 1 month, without an association with an aversion to food. This behavior should be developmentally inappropriate, and not a culturally sanctioned practice. Pica is mor...

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Main Authors: fatemeh Khosravizadegan, Seyedeh Zeinab Moosavinejad, fatemeh Azizi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Bushehr University of Medical Sciences 2008-02-01
Series:Iranian South Medical Journal
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Online Access:http://ismj.bpums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-3-24&slc_lang=en&sid=1