Development of a WHO growth reference for school-aged children and adolescents
OBJECTIVE: To construct growth curves for school-aged children and adolescents that accord with the WHO Child Growth Standards for preschool children and the body mass index (BMI) cut-offs for adults. METHODS: Data from the 1977 National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)/WHO growth reference (1-24...
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| Format: | Article |
| Idioma: | English |
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The World Health Organization
2007-09-01
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| Col·lecció: | Bulletin of the World Health Organization |
| Accés en línia: | http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862007000900010&lng=en&tlng=en |