Metrics of early childhood growth in recent epidemiological research: A scoping review

PLoS ONE

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2018, Pages

  Leung, Michael ^a   Perumal, Nandita ^a,b   Mesfin, Elnathan ^c   Krishna, Aditi ^a   Yang, Seungmi ^d   Johnson, William ^e   Bassani, Diego G ^a,b,f   Roth, Daniel E ^a,f  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD GROWTH; DECISION TREE; EXPOSURE VARIABLE; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; OUTCOME VARIABLE; POSTNATAL GROWTH; REVIEW; ANTHROPOMETRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; RISK FACTOR;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 85044218876     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0194565     Document Type: Review

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