Growth of Chicago-area infants, 1985 through 1987: Not what the reference curves predict

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 150, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 842-849

  Binns, Helen J ^a,b   Senturia, Yvonne D ^a   LeBailly, Susan ^a   Donovan, Mark ^a   Christoffel, Katherine Kaufer ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Box 208 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029738499     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.1996.02170330068012     Document Type: Article

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