Open AccessDevelopment of a WHO growth reference for school-aged children and adolescents
Author(s) -
Mercedes de Onís
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
bulletin of the world health organization
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.459
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1564-0604
pISSN - 0042-9686
DOI - 10.2471/blt.07.043497
Subject(s) - overweight , body mass index , health statistics , demography , medicine , obesity , childhood obesity , confidence interval , statistics , growth curve (statistics) , standard score , standard deviation , sample size determination , pediatrics , gerontology , mathematics , population , environmental health , pathology , sociology
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.
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