Using the new UK-WHO growth charts

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 340, Issue 7747, 2010, Pages 647-650

  Wright, Charlotte M ^a   Williams, Anthony F ^b   Elliman, David ^c   Bedford, Helen ^d   Birks, Eileen ^e   Butler, Gary ^d,f   Sachs, Magda ^g   Moy, Robert J ^h   Cole, Timothy J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^g Salford NHS Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GROWTH; GROWTH CURVE; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; GROWTH; GROWTH CHARTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 77949753041     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c1140     Document Type: Review

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