Update on the implementation of the WHO child growth standards

World Review of Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 106, Issue , 2013, Pages 75-82

  De Onis, Mercedes ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALNUTRITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GROWTH CHARTS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALNUTRITION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84875668707     PISSN: 00842230     EISSN: 16623975     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000342550     Document Type: Article

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