Austrian height and body proportion references for children aged 4 to under 19 years

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 324-332

  Gleiss, Andreas ^a   Lassi, Michael ^b   Blümel, Peter ^c   Borkenstein, Martin ^d   Kapelari, Klaus ^e   Mayer, Michael ^f   Schemper, Michael ^a   Häusler, Gabriele ^g  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Abteilung für Orthopädie Traumatologie   (Austria)

^c G v Preyer Kinderspital   (Austria)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^e ST ANNA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^f Children's and Maternity Hospital   (Austria)

^g UNIV KLIN KINDER JUGENDHEILKUNDE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Austria; Body proportion percentiles; GAMLSS; Height percentiles; Reference values

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; BODY MASS; CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HEIGHT DETERMINATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STANDARD; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; AUSTRIA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GROWTH CHARTS; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AUSTRIA;

EID: 84880207557     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03014460.2013.776110     Document Type: Article

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