A fresh look at growth assessment of infants and young children in the Czech Republic in context of international developments

Central European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 97-100

  Vignerová, Jana ^a   Lhotská, Lída ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^b International Baby Food Action Network   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Breastfeeding; Child health; Child nutrition; Growth references; Growth standards

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BODY GROWTH; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CZECH REPUBLIC; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL STANDARD UNIT; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33745759440     PISSN: 12107778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a3371     Document Type: Article

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