Are Tanner growth charts applicable to children at school entry in Leeds?
Open Access
- 1 December 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Vol. 60 (12), 1188-1191
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.60.12.1188
Abstract
Analysis of the heights and weights of about 85% of school entrants in Leeds in 1982 and 1983 showed that the distribution at a mean of 5.3 years is similar to the accepted standard centiles and confirms the appropriateness of the use of these standards at this age.Keywords
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