A simple calculation of the target height

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 182-

  Van Dommelen, Paula ^a   Schönbeck, Yvonne ^a   Van Buuren, Stef ^a,b  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ASSORTATIVE MATING; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CALCULATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; LETTER; NETHERLANDS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SEX; SHORT STATURE;

BODY HEIGHT; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84856093399     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2011-301095     Document Type: Letter

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