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WHO child growth standards :
Additional authors: World Health Organization. -- Nutrition for Health and Development.
Published by :
World Health Organization, Department of Nutrition for Health and Development,
(Geneva, Swtizerland :)
Physical details: xix, 242 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.
ISBN: 9789241547635; 9241547634.
Subject(s):
Child development.
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Children
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Growth.
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Anthropometry
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methods.
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Body Weights and Measures
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statistics & numerical data.
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Body Weights and Measures
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standards.
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Child.
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Child Development.
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Growth
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Child.
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Reference Standards.
Year: 2009
Online resources:
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"The WHO Child Growth Standards were constructed by the Coordinating Team in the Department of Nutrition for Health and Development of the World Health Organization."--P. iv.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-238).
1. Introduction -- 2. Methodology -- 3. Construction of the weight velocity standards -- 4. Construction of the length velocity standards -- 5. Construction of the head circumference velocity standards -- 6. Computation of centiles and z-scores for velocities based on weight, length and head circumference -- 7. Discussion -- 8. Bibliography -- Appendix B Model specifications of the WHO child growth velocity standards -- Appendix C Results from analyses related to regression to the mean.
U/N 266453
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