17
Views
9
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Article

Weight and length growth of two Chinese infant groups and the seasonal effects on their growth

&
Pages 547-562 | Received 10 Jul 1993, Published online: 09 Jul 2009

References

  • Bielicki T. Physical growth as a measure of the economic well-being of population: the twentieth century. Human Growth, F. Falkner, J.M. Tanner. Plenum Press, New York 1986; 3: 283–301, In
  • Brandt I. Postnatal growth of preterm and full-term infants. Human Growth, F. Falkner, J.M. Tanner. Plenum Press, New York 1986; 3: 139–159, In
  • Cheng R.J., Chen J.J., Han H.T., Ma L.H., Gu Y.F., Cui K.X., Song X. Physical growth of Chinese children from birth to 6 years old in urban and rural areas in 1985. Journal of Tropical Pediatrics 1989; 35: 255–260
  • Eveleth P.B. Population differences in growth, environmental and genetic factors. Human Growth, F. Balkner, J.M. Tanner. Plenum Press, New York 1986; 3: 221–233, In
  • Goldstein H. Efficient statistical modelling of longitudinal data. Annals of Human Biology 1986; 13: 129–141
  • Goldstein H. Multilevel Models in Educational and Social Research. Griffin, London 1987, New York: Oxford University Press
  • Goldstein H. Flexible models for the analysis of growth data with an application to height prediction. Revue d'Epidemiologie et de Santé Publique 1989; 37: 477–484
  • Goldstein H., Healy M.J.R., Rasbash J. Multilevel time series models with applications to repeated measures data. Statistics in Medicine 1994; 13: 1643–1656
  • Hitchcock N.E., Gracey M., Gilmour A.I., Owles E.N. Nutrition and Growth in Infancy and Early Childhood, a longitudinal study from birth to five years. Karger, New York 1986
  • Ji C.Y., Ohsawa S., Nixijima N. The geographic clustering of body size of Chinese children aged 7 years. Annals of Human Biology 1991; 18: 137–153
  • Leung S.S.F., Davies D.P., Lam Y.M. Growth standards for weight, length and head circumference: Hong Kong infant birth—2 years. Hong Kong Journal of Paediatrics 1988; 5: 109–124
  • Leung S.S.F., Lui S. Chinese infants are smaller than Caucasian: nutrition or genetic?. Pediatric Reviews and Communications 1989; 3: 309–316
  • Lin W.S., Zhu F.S., Chen A.C.N., Xin W.H., Su Z., Li J.Y., Ye G.S. Physical growth of Chinese school children 7–18 years, in 1985. Annals of Human Biology 1992; 19: 41–55
  • Lin W.S., Chen A.C.N., Su J.Z.X., Xiao J.W., Ye G.S. Secular change in the growth and development of Han children in China. Annals of Human Biology 1992; 19: 249–265
  • Prosser R., Rasbash J., Goldstein H. ML3: Software for Three-level Analysis. Users Guide. Institute of Education, University of London. 1991
  • Tanner J.M. Foetus into Man. Castlemead Publications, Ware 1989
  • Yang M. Growth pattern of infants in Chengdu. Heinz Institute of Nutritional Sciences 4th International Symposium on Maternal and Infant Nutrition, D.L. Yeung, Z.C. Ho. Heinz Institute of Nutrition, Guangzhou 1989; 117–126, In
  • Yang M., Leung S.S.F. A comparison of the growth patterns of Chinese infants in Chengdu and Hong Kong: 0–2 years. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 1994; 30: 336–340
  • Zhang M.Y., Huang C.Y. Nutrition during pregnancy and its effects on growth and development of the fetus and newborn in Chengdu. Heinz Institute of Nutritional Sciences 4th International Symposium on Maternal and Infant Nutrition, D.L. Yeung, Z.C. Ho. Heinz Institute of Nutrition, Guangzhou 1989; 161–171, In
  • Zhang X., Huang Z. The second national growth and development survey of children in China, 1985: children 0 to 7 years. Annals of Human Biology 1988; 15: 289–305

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.