Demystifying LMS and BCPE methods of centile estimation for growth and other health parameters

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 37-43

  Indrayan, Abhaya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Gaussian distribution; Percentiles

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CENTILE CURVE; CHEST CIRCUMFERENCE; CHILD GROWTH; GROWTH CURVE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; NORMAL VALUE; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PULSE WAVE; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GROWTH CHARTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; REFERENCE VALUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896820524     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 09747559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13312-014-0310-6     Document Type: Article

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