Construction of national standards of weight and height and growth charts of Iranian children: A review article

International Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 122-126

  Abtahi, Mitra ^a   Doustmohammadian, Aazam ^a   Abbdollahi, Morteza ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Children; Growth chart; Height; National standard; Weight

Indexed keywords

ASIAN; BODY GROWTH; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; DATA BASE; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPEAN UNION; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GROWTH CURVE; HEALTH STATISTICS; HUMAN; IRAN; IRANIAN; MEDLINE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 79960195484     PISSN: 20087802     EISSN: 20088213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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