National Growth charts for the United Arab Emirates

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 295-303

  Abdulrazzaq, Yousef M ^a   Moussa, Mohamed A ^b   Nagelkerke, Nicolaas ^b  

^a Department of Paediatrics and Department of Community Medicine ^*  (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Growth charts; Head circumference; Height; UAE; Weight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GROWTH; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFERENCE VALUE; STATISTICS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GROWTH; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SAMPLING STUDIES; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 60549112867     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: 13499092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.JE2008037     Document Type: Article

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