Monitoring children's growth
- 2 September 1995
- Vol. 311 (7005) , 583-584
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.311.7005.583
Abstract
Cheap, accurate, self calibrating equipment5 such as the Leicester height measurer and better training should ensure that children are measured accurately. Interpreting measurements is more difficult: there is no easy way of separating children with true growth problems from the more numerous “short normal” children. For this, growth charts are essential.Keywords
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