IAP growth monitoring guidelines for children from birth to 18 years

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 187-197

  Khadilkar, V V ^a   Khadilkar, A V ^b   Choudhury, Panna ^b   Agarwal, K N ^b   Ugra, Deepak ^b   Shah, Nitin K ^b  

^a JEHANGIR HOSPITAL   (India)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD GROWTH; GROWTH CURVE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; POPULATION RESEARCH; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PEDIATRICS;

EID: 33947544072     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 00196061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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