Extreme percentiles of the 2000 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention BMI chart and the LMS method

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 814-

  Cole, Tim J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LAMBDA MU SIGMA METHOD; LETTER; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; GROWTH; HUMANS; OVERWEIGHT; REFERENCE VALUES; THINNESS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77749264440     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2009.28928     Document Type: Letter

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