The growth pattern of 0-1-year-old Danish children, when screened by public health nurses - The Copenhagen County Child Cohort 2000

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 297-315

  Olsen, Else Marie ^a   Petersen, Janne ^a   Skovgaard, Anne Mette ^a   Thomsen, Birthe Lykke ^b   Jørgensen, Torben ^a   Weile, Birgitte ^c  

^a GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^c GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Cohort studies; Growth; Infant; Reference standards

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH;

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; REFERENCE VALUE;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 22344444978     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014460500068360     Document Type: Article

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