TY  - BOOK
ED  - World Health Organization.
TI  - WHO child growth standards: growth velocity based on weight, length and head circumference : methods and development
SN  - 9789241547635
AV  - RJ131 .W526 2009
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Geneva, Swtizerland
PB  - World Health Organization, Department of Nutrition for Health and Development
KW  - Child development
KW  - Children
KW  - Growth
KW  - Anthropometry
KW  - methods
KW  - Body Weights and Measures
KW  - statistics & numerical data
KW  - standards
KW  - Child
KW  - Child Development
KW  - Reference Standards
N1  - "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; Also available via the World Wide Web as an Acrobat .pdf file (1.8 MB, 262 p.)
UR  - http://whqlibdoc.who.int/publications/2009/9789241547635_eng.pdf
ER  -