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Growth Patterns of Children of Same Geographic Background Reared in Different Environments
Author(s) -
Sevil Arı Yuca,
Yaşar Cesur,
Selim Kurtoğlu,
M. Mümtaz Mazıcıoğlu,
Emine Ayça Cimbek
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of clinical research in pediatric endocrinology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.566
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1308-5735
pISSN - 1308-5727
DOI - 10.4274/jcrpe.1612
Subject(s) - turkish , demography , medicine , percentile , pediatrics , obesity , philosophy , linguistics , statistics , mathematics , sociology
Growth charts are essential tools used to assess children's health status. The aim of the present study was to determine the effect of environmental factors on the growth of children of a common geographic background. We constructed growth charts for children living in the East of Turkey and compared them with those for Turkish children living in other regions or countries.

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