Revisiting the relationship of weight and height in early childhood

Advances in Nutrition

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 250-254

  Richard, Stephanie A ^a,b   Black, Robert E ^a   Checkley, William ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFANT; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84866277379     PISSN: 21618313     EISSN: 21565376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/an.111.001099     Document Type: Conference Paper

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