Comparison of growth between native and immigrant infants between 0-3 years from the Dutch ABCD cohort

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 544-555

  Hof, M H P ^a   Van Dijk, A E ^a,b   Van Eijsden, M ^a,b   Vrijkotte, T G M ^a   Zwinderman, A H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b DEPARTMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; ethnic groups; growth charts; reference values

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; GROWTH RATE; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; MATERNAL EFFECT; RACIAL DISPARITY; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CEPHALOMETRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIGRATION; MOTHER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFERENCE VALUE;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTHERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION GROUPS; REFERENCE VALUES;

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EID: 80051747026     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03014460.2011.576701     Document Type: Article

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