Multi-level modelling of longitudinal child growth data from the Birth-to-Twenty Cohort: A comparison of growth models

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 168-179

  Chirwa, Esnat D ^a   Griffiths, Paula L ^a,b   Maleta, Ken ^c   Norris, Shane A ^a   Cameron, Noel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Child growth; Growth models; Mixed effects modelling; Structural and non structural growth models

Indexed keywords

AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA SET; FITNESS; GROWTH; MODELING;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; AGE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; AGE FACTORS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GROWTH CHARTS; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893931635     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03014460.2013.839742     Document Type: Article

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