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WHO child growth standards : growth velocity based on weight, length and head circumference : methods and development. World Health Organization child growth standards Growth velocity based on weight, length and head circumference - Geneva, Swtizerland : World Health Organization, Department of Nutrition for Health and Development, c2009. - xix, 242 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.

"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.



ISBN: 9789241547635 9241547634

LCCN: 2009447819

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Child development.
Children--Growth.
Anthropometry--methods.
Body Weights and Measures--statistics & numerical data.
Body Weights and Measures--standards.
Child.
Child Development.
Growth--Child.
Reference Standards.

LC Class. No.: RJ131 / .W526 2009