Simple method for developing percentile growth curves for height and weight

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 246-250

  Ward, Richard ^b   Schlenker, Janet ^c   Anderson, Gregory S ^a,c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE FRASER VALLEY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Children; Curve fitting; Growth

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD GROWTH; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA BASE; FEMALE; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; MALE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0034752683     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.1120     Document Type: Article

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