Risk factors for failure to thrive in infancy depend on the anthropometric definitions used: The Copenhagen county child cohort

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 418-431

  Olsen, Else M ^a   Skovgaard, Anne M ^a   Weile, Birgitte ^b   Jørgensen, Torben ^a  

^a Copenhagen University Hospital ^*  (Denmark)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Failure to thrive; Population study; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; NURSE; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; POPULATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; DENMARK; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FAILURE TO THRIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 34547901763     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2007.00851.x     Document Type: Article

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