Validity of child anthropometric measurements in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children

Pediatric Research

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 286-292

  Crespi, Catherine M ^a   Alfonso, Vivian H ^a   Whaley, Shannon E ^b   Wang, May C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PHFE WIC Program   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNDERWEIGHT; VALIDITY;

ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CALIFORNIA; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION POLICY; OBESITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84863116619     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: 15300447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/pr.2011.37     Document Type: Article

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