Growth references for school aged children in western Romania

Acta Endocrinologica

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 133-151

  Chirita Emandi, A ^a   Puiu, M ^a,b   Gafcncu, M ^a,b   Picnar, C ^a  

^a Louis Twcanu Emergency Hospital for Children   (Romania)

^b VICTOR BABES UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Height; Percentiles; Weight

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861081128     PISSN: 18410987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4183/acb.2012.133     Document Type: Article

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