Revised birth centiles for weight, length and head circumference in the UK-WHO growth charts

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 7-11

  Cole, Tim J ^a   Williams, Anthony F ^b   Wright, Charlotte M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

birth; growth charts; head circumference; length; weight

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CENSUS; DATA SET; GROWTH; PREGNANCY; WEIGHT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; CEPHALOMETRY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH CURVE; HEAD; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; REFERENCE VALUE; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; CEPHALOMETRY; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; GREAT BRITAIN; GROWTH CHARTS; HEAD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REFERENCE VALUES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 78650620776     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03014460.2011.544139     Document Type: Article

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