Reliability of calculating body mass index centile

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 717-719

  Poustie, V J ^a   Smyth, R L ^a   Cole, T J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body mass index centile; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALCULATION; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; DATA ANALYSIS; DIETITIAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVATION; PLOTS AND CURVES; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 19144370390     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602101     Document Type: Article

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