Weight-for-age and weight-for-height references for Hong Kong children from birth to 18 years

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 103-109

  Leung, S S F ^a,c   Lau, J T F ^a   Tse, L Y ^b   Oppenheimer, S J ^a  

^a Chinese University of Hong Kong   (Hong Kong)

^b Department of Health ^*  (Hong Kong)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Children; Chinese; Hong Kong; Weight for age; Weight for height

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; GROWTH; GROWTH CURVE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029930451     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1996.tb00904.x     Document Type: Article

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