title: [Health care of preschool-age children].
abstract: The past period since 1953 is characterized with decreasing of the number of children in the Republic of Croatia with a trend of mortality decrease in this age group. For the further improvement of health in this children population, it is necessary to direct attention to priority problems: decreasing of respiratory diseases, injuries, improving the psycho-social development of the children, better health care in preschool institutions, and early prevention of diseases and creating the adequate habits of a healthy life.
authors.affiliation: Institut za zastitu majki i djece, Zagreb.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Grgurić
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Hirsl-Hećej
mesh_terms: D002662:Child Health Services; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009017:Morbidity; D009026:Mortality; D015022:Yugoslavia / Q000453:epidemiology
vernacular_title: Zdravstvena zastita predskolskog djeteta.