Growth references for 0-19 year-old Norwegian children for length/height, weight, body mass index and head circumference

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 220-227

  Júlíusson, Pétur B ^a,b   Roelants, Mathieu ^c,d   Nordal, Eirin ^a   Furevik, Liv ^a   Eide, Geir Egil ^a,b   Moster, Dag ^a,b   Hauspie, Roland ^c   Bjerknes, Robert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Children; Growth; References

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; BIRTH RATE; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEIGHT; LENGTH-WEIGHT RELATIONSHIP; POPULATION GROWTH; SAMPLING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAD; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NORWAY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NORWAY; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

NORWAY;

EID: 84877709326     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03014460.2012.759276     Document Type: Article

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