Advances in growth chart design and use: The UK experience growth chart expert group

World Review of Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 106, Issue , 2013, Pages 66-74

  Wright, Charlotte M ^a,d   Williams, Anthony F ^b   Cole, Tim J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UNITED KINGDOM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GREAT BRITAIN; GROWTH CHARTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84875684366     PISSN: 00842230     EISSN: 16623975     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000342589     Document Type: Article

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