The WHO Child Growth Standards;Verdens helseorganisasjons nye vekststandard for barn under fem år

Tidsskrift for den Norske Laegeforening

Volumn 127, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 2390-2394

  Bærug, Anne B ^a   Tufte, Elisabeth ^a   Norum, Kaare R ^b   Bjørneboe, Gunn Elin Aa ^b  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; GROWTH; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NEWBORN; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GROWTH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; OVERWEIGHT; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 35348844590     PISSN: 00292001     EISSN: 08077096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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