Development of a research child growth reference and its comparison with the current international growth reference

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 152, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 471-479

  Mei, Zuguo ^a,c   Yip, Ray ^b   Grummer Strawn, Laurence M ^a   Trowbridge, Frederick L ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND   (Indonesia)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURVE FITTING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE;

EID: 0031800399     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.152.5.471     Document Type: Article

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