The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 149, Issue 2 , Pages 165-168 , August 2006

Beliefs about the appropriate age for initiating toilet training: Are there racial and socioeconomic differences?

  • Ivor B. Horn, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Ivor Braden Horn, MD, MPH, Children’s Health Center at Good Hope Road, Children’s National Medical Center, 2501 Good Hope Road SE, Washington, DC 20010.
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  • Ruth Brenner, MD, MPH
    • ,
  • Malla Rao, DrPH, MEngg
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  • Tina L. Cheng, MD, MPH

Received 18 August 2005 ,Revised 22 December 2005 ,Accepted 1 March 2006.

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PII: S0022-3476(06)00150-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2006.03.004

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 149, Issue 2 , Pages 165-168 , August 2006

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