Are universal standards for optimal infant growth appropriate? Evidence from a Hong Kong Chinese birth cohort

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 561-565

  Hui, L L ^a   Schooling, C M ^a   Cowling, B J ^a   Leung, S S L ^b   Lam, T H ^a   Leung, G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CALCULATION; CHILD GROWTH; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CRITERION VARIABLE; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; HEIGHT; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION; TERM BIRTH; TODDLER; VALIDATION PROCESS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 48949107745     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2007.119826     Document Type: Article

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