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WHO Child Growth Standards: Methods and development

Length/height-for-age, weight-for-age, weight-for-length, weight-for-height and body mass index-for-age

Suggested citation: WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study Group. WHO Child Growth Standards: Length/height-for-age, weight-for-age, weight-for-length, weight-for-height and body mass index-for-age: Methods and development. Geneva: World Health Organization, 2006 (312 pages).

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Cover page [pdf 101kb]
WHO Multicentre Growth Reference Study Group [pdf 63kb]
Acknowledgements [pdf 42kb]
Glossary [pdf 73kb]
Table of contents [pdf 67kb]
Executive summary
1. Introduction [pdf 80kb]
2. Methodology [pdf 158kb]
3. Length/height-for-age standards [pdf 7.64Mb]
4. Weight-for-age standards [pdf 5.84Mb]
5. Weight-for-length/height standards [pdf 6.21Mb]
6. BMI-for-age standards [pdf 7.44Mb]
7. Computation of centiles and z-scores [pdf 171kb]
8. Conclusion [pdf 85kb]
9. Bibliography [pdf 71kb]
Appendix A [pdf 63kb]


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