Assessment of Canadian Cree infants' birth size using the WHO Child Growth Standards

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 126-131

  Willows, Noreen D ^a   Sanou, Dia ^b   Bell, Rhonda C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; NEWBORN; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; REFERENCE VALUE; STATISTICS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; QUEBEC; REFERENCE VALUES; SOFTWARE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 78650119292     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.21115     Document Type: Article

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