Comparison of the 2005 growth charts for Saudi children and adolescents to the 2000 CDC growth charts

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 334-340

  El Mouzan, Mohammad I ^a   Al Herbish, Abdullah S ^a   Al Salloum, Abdullah A ^a   Foster, Peter J ^b   Al Omar, Ahmad A ^c   Qurachi, Mansour M ^d   Kecojevic, Tatjana ^b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Riyadh Medical Complex   (Saudi Arabia)

^d Al Yamamah Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NEWBORN; OBESITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SAUDI ARABIA; WASTING SYNDROME; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GROWTH DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; SAUDI ARABIA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58249085725     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: 13199226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2008.334     Document Type: Article

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