The 2014 Danish references from birth to 20 years for height, weight and body mass index

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 214-224

  Tinggaard, Jeanette ^a   Aksglaede, Lise ^a   Sørensen, Kaspar ^a   Mouritsen, Annette ^a   Wohlfahrt Veje, Christine ^a   Hagen, Casper P ^a   Mieritz, Mikkel G ^a   Jørgensen, Niels ^a   Wolthers, Ole D ^b   Heuck, Carsten ^b,c   Petersen, Jørgen Holm ^d   Main, Katharina M ^a   Juul, Anders ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b Dytmarsken   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Child; Growth charts; Height; Weight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHILD; GROWTH CHARTS; HEIGHT; WEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENMARK; FEMALE; GROWTH CHARTS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892599537     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apa.12468     Document Type: Article

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