Worldwide variation in human growth and the World Health Organization growth standards: A systematic review

BMJ Open

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Natale, Valerie ^a   Rajagopalan, Anuradha ^a  

^a Forgotten Diseases Research Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD GROWTH; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; GROWTH CURVE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; RACE; STANDARD; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; FEMALE; HEALTH; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; GROWTH CHARTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84892890280     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003735     Document Type: Article

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