Implications of adopting the WHO 2006 Child Growth Standard in the UK: Two prospective cohort studies

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 566-569

  Wright, C ^a   Lakshman, R ^b   Emmett, P ^c   Ong, K K ^b,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC EPIDEMIOLOGY UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHILD GROWTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NEWBORN; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFERENCE VALUE; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION; TERM BIRTH; UNDERWEIGHT; UNITED KINGDOM; WEIGHT GAIN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY WEIGHT; GROWTH; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; GROWTH; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; THINNESS; WEIGHT GAIN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 48949119145     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2007.126854     Document Type: Article

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