Implications of adopting the WHO 2006 Child Growth Standards: Case study from urban South Africa, the Birth to Twenty cohort

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-27

  Norris, Shane A ^a   Griffiths, P ^b   Pettifor, John M ^c   Dunger, David B ^d   Cameron, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Growth references; Growth standards; South Africa; Urban

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; GROWTH RATE; HEALTH MONITORING; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STANDARD (REFERENCE); URBAN POPULATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REFERENCE VALUE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS (U.S.); NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REFERENCE VALUES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 57649181170     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014460802620694     Document Type: Article

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