Monitoring head size and growth using the new UK-WHO growth standard

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 386-388

  Wright, Charlotte M ^a   Inskip, Hazel M ^b   Godfrey, Keith ^b,c   Williams, Anthony F ^d   Ong, Ken K ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c Southampton NIHR   (United Kingdom)

^d ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e MRC EPIDEMIOLOGY UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGING; CEPHALOMETRY; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953167446     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2010.200030     Document Type: Article

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