Seasonality of growth in Shanghai infants (n = 4128) born in 11 consecutive years

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 714-725

  Xu, X ^a   Wang, W P ^a   Guo, Z P ^a   Cheung, Y B ^b,c   Karlberg, J ^b,c  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Growth; Infant; Longitudinal study; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHILD GROWTH; CHINA; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; POSTNATAL GROWTH; SEASON; SUMMER; TIME; WEIGHT GAIN; WINTER;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GROWTH; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SEASONS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0034889307     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601212     Document Type: Article

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