WHO Growth standards-should they be implemented as national standards?

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 51, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2010, Pages

  Michaelsen, Kim Fleischer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST MILK; CHILD GROWTH; GROWTH CURVE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT FEEDING; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GREAT BRITAIN; GROWTH; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; REFERENCE VALUES; WORLD HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 78650496753     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0b013e3181f1ba10     Document Type: Article

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