Adult height predictionmodels

Handbook of Growth and Growth Monitoring in Health and Disease

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 27-57

  Thodberg, Hans Henrik ^a   Juul, Anders ^b   Lomholt, Jens ^c   Martin, David D ^d   Jenni, Oskar G ^e   Caflisch, Jon ^e   Ranke, Michael B ^d   Kreiborg, Sven ^c  

^a Visiana   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84993672140     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-1795-9_3     Document Type: Chapter

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