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WHO child growth standards : growth velocity based on weight, length and head circumference : methods and development.
- Title
- WHO child growth standards : growth velocity based on weight, length and head circumference : methods and development.
- Publication
- Geneva, Swtizerland : World Health Organization, Department of Nutrition for Health and Development, c2009.
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- Additional Authors
- World Health Organization. Nutrition for Health and Development.
- Description
- xix, 242 p. : ill.; 30 cm.
- Alternative Title
- World Health Organization child growth standards
- Growth velocity based on weight, length and head circumference
- Subject
- Note
- "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.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-238).
- Additional Formats (note)
- Also available via the World Wide Web as an Acrobat .pdf file (1.8 MB, 262 p.)
- Contents
- 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.
- ISBN
- 9789241547635
- 9241547634
- OCLC
- ocn316014678
- SCSB-1521900
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library