Agreement between routine and research measurement of infant height and weight

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 24-29

  Bryant, M ^a,b   Santorelli, G ^b   Fairley, L ^b   Petherick, E S ^b   Bhopal, R ^c   Lawlor, D A ^d   Tilling, K ^d   Howe, L D ^d   Farrar, D ^b   Cameron, N ^e   Mohammed, M ^f   Wright, J ^b   Farrin, Amanda ^g   Ball, Helen ^g   Summerbell, Carolyn ^g   Barber, Sally ^g   Hill, Andrew ^g   Small, Neil ^g   Raynor, Pauline ^g   McEachan, Rosie ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b BRADFORD INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^e LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^g School of Health Studies University of Bradford ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD GROWTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NORMAL HUMAN; UNITED KINGDOM; GREAT BRITAIN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RESEARCH;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; RESEARCH;

EID: 84919344059     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2014-305970     Document Type: Article

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