SITAR-a useful instrument for growth curve analysis

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1558-1566

  Cole, Tim J ^a   Donaldson, Malcolm D C ^b   Ben shlomo, Yoav ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Growth curve; Height; Puberty; Random effects; Turner syndrome

Indexed keywords

OXANDROLONE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ADOLESCENCE; DATA SET; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GROWTH CURVE; HEIGHT;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; FEMALE; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; SUPERIMPOSITION BY TRANSLATION AND ROTATION; TURNER SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GROWTH CHARTS; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXANDROLONE; PUBERTY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TURNER SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 78649779146     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyq115     Document Type: Article

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