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Effects of selective dropout on infant growth standards

Exclusively breastfed (EBF) infants have higher weight gain during the first 2 months, and lower thereafter. The explanation for this phenomenon is not clear. Longitudinal data from the Social Medical Survey of Children Attending Child Health Clinics …

Construction of the World Health Organization child growth standards: Selection of methods for attained growth curves

The World Health Organization (WHO), in collaboration with a number of research institutions world-wide, is developing new child growth standards. As part of a broad consultative process for selecting the best statistical methods, WHO convened a …