Use of world health organization and CDC growth charts for children aged 0-59 months in the United States

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 59, Issue RR-9, 2010, Pages 1-14

  Grummer Strawn, Laurence M ^a   Reinold, Chris ^a   Krebs, Nancy F ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; OBESITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BREAST FEEDING; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GROWTH CHARTS; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; THINNESS; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 77956630401     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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