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Mongolian Spots, Day Care Centers, and Child Abuse

Pediatrics, 1982
Physicians caring for infants and children are familiar with mongolian spots. Most physicians inform the child's family of the benign nature of this condition. However, more and more infants are being cared for by care providers other than their parents. Many infants are cared for in day care centers.
Claibourne I Dungy
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Infectious Alopecia in a Child Day-Care Center

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1985
To the Editor.— Tinea capitis is a common cause of hair loss and seborrheic dermatitis in children. Recent reports have suggested an increase in the rate of recognition of tinea capitis, as well as a shift from the previously more common etiologic agent Microsporum sp to the now prominent Trichophyton tonsurans .
M S, Snowden, L, Loder, W J, Alexander
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Environmental Contamination in Child Day-Care Centers

American Journal of Epidemiology, 1991
Enteropathogens associated with outbreaks of diarrhea in day-care centers are spread by the fecal-oral route through contaminated hands or environmental objects. This prospective study was undertaken to determine the prevalence of fecal coliform contamination in day care.
R, Van, A L, Morrow, R R, Reves, L K, Pickering   +3 more
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Child abuse in institutions: The case of day-care centers in Nigeria

Child Abuse & Neglect, 1986
The authors examine the day-care center in Nigeria as a potential locus for child abuse and neglect by reanalyzing the data from available studies which were originally designed to assess quality of care in centers and not child abuse or neglect. A slightly modified version of the categories of abuse and neglect, delineated by Giovannoni and Becerra ...
E B, Wilson, G C, Afamefuna
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Haemophilus influenzae as an airborne contamination in child day care centers

American Journal of Infection Control, 2013
The aim of this study was to assess the exposure of children to airborne Haemophilus influenzae in day care centers.Air samples were taken using an Andersen impactor in 32 rooms designed for children stay. The concentrations of airborne bacteria were calculated as colony forming units (CFU) (growing on trypticase soy agar) per cubic meter of air (CFU/m(
Danuta O, Lis, Rafał L, Górny
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Evaluation of an hygienic intervention in child day-care centers.

Pediatrics, 1994
The growing use of child day-care centers (CDCCs) has produced a significant rise in morbidity due to infectious diseases which carry such consequences as discomfort, disability, and parental anxiety.1,2 Haskins conservatively estimated the cost of day-care illnesses among children to be $1.8 billion.3 To this must be added the cost of parents' and ...
J B, Kotch, K A, Weigle, D J, Weber, R M, Clifford, T O, Harms, F A, Loda, P N, Gallagher, R W, Edwards, D, LaBorde, M P, McMurray   +9 more
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Fecal Coliform Contamination in Child Day-Care Centers

Pediatrics, 1994
Enteropathogens associated with outbreaks of diarrhea in child day-care centers can be spread by the fecal-oral route through hands or environmental objects that are contaminated. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of fecal coliform contamination in day-care centers.
Bonnie Holaday, Robert Pantell, Catherine Lewis, Catherine Gilliss   +3 more
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[Giardia lamblia in child day care centers].

Anales espanoles de pediatria, 1986
An outbreak of giardiasis affecting 27 children in a day-care center is analyzed. Examination of stools showed parasites in 67% of the affected children and in 23% of the children without symptoms. These results are compared with those obtained in another day-care center, where 9% of the stools of children 1 to 5 years old showed evidence of giardia ...
J, Casabona, J R, Villalbí, P, Garrido
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[Beneficence in child day care centers].

Soins. Pediatrie, puericulture, 2011
The notion of "well-treatment" is now part of the vocabulary of professionals working with young children. It gives meaning to all professional practice, reassures values, is put in writing to communicate pedagogical approaches and confirms a real recognition of the child.
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Nutrition services in child day care centers

Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 1979
A, Chang, S, Kayman, E, McCoy, L, Parziale   +3 more
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