Data on height and weight from school health records as a national public health surveillance tool: The case of Sweden

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 406-413

  Werner, bo ^a   Bremberg, Sven ^a   Bodin, Lennart ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Growth; longitudinal; monitoring; national; schoolchildren

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MONITORING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICS; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GROWTH; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SWEDEN;

EID: 33646937949     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14034940500415045     Document Type: Article

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