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The Use and Construction of Anthropometric Growth Reference Standards

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 December 2007

T. J. Cole
T. J. Cole
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MRC Dunn Nutrition Centre, Milton Road, Cambridge CB4 1XJ
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Nutrition Research Reviews , Volume 6 , Issue 1 , January 1993 , pp. 19 - 50
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