Head circumference from birth to five years in France: New national reference charts and comparison to WHO standards

Head circumference from birth to five years in France: New national reference charts and comparison to WHO standards

Background: The monitoring of head circumference (HC) is essential to early detect any conditions affecting its growth in early childhood. A positive secular trend and regional specificities in HC suggested the need to provide updated national HC reference growth charts. Methods: We extracted all gr...

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Main Authors: Manon Bergerat, Barbara Heude, Marion Taine, Sylvie Nguyen The Tich, Andreas Werner, Bruno Frandji, Thomas Blauwblomme, Dorin Sumanaru, Marie-Aline Charles, Martin Chalumeau, Pauline Scherdel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-06-01
Series:The Lancet Regional Health. Europe
Subjects:
Big-data
Child
Growth chart
Head circumference
Models
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666776221000910

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