Construction of a New Growth References for China Based on Urban Chinese Children: Comparison with the WHO Growth Standards

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Zong, Xin Nan ^a   Li, Hui ^a  

^a CAPITAL INSTITUTE OF PEDIATRICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHINA; CHINESE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH CURVE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE VALUE; SCHOOL CHILD; STANDARD; URBAN AREA; WEIGHT FOR HEIGHT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GROWTH CHARTS; HEAD; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875204709     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059569     Document Type: Article

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