WHO growth standards for infants and young children;Les standards de croissance de l'Organisation mondiale de la santé pour les nourrissons et les jeunes enfants

Archives de Pediatrie

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-53

  de Onis, M ^a   Garza, C ^b   Onyango, A W ^a   Rolland Cachera, M F ^c  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY GROWTH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BRAZIL; BREAST FEEDING; DELIVERY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNICITY; FOLLOW UP; GHANA; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFANCY; INFECTION; MORBIDITY; MOTHER; NEWBORN PERIOD; NORWAY; OMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; RACE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT SURVEY; SMOKING; SOCIETY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRAINING; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 58149316178     PISSN: 0929693X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcped.2008.10.010     Document Type: Short Survey

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