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Height For Age

Height for Age is a growth indicator that belongs to the class of anthropometric metrics, distinguished by its quantification of a child's linear growth status relative to the median height of a reference population of the same age and sex, typically expressed as a standardized z-score or percentile.

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2017–2026

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Height-for-age

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Publications

357

Development of a WHO growth reference for school-aged children and adolescents

Mercedes de Onís · Bulletin of the World Health Organization · 2007 · 8.7K citations · Full text

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WHO Child Growth Standards based on length/height, weight and age

Mercedes de Onís · Acta Paediatrica · 2006 · 4K citations

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2000 CDC Growth Charts for the United States: methods and development.

Cynthia L. Ogden, Laurence M. Grummer‐Strawn, Katherine M. Flegal et al. · PubMed · 2002 · 3.7K citations

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WHO child growth standards: length/height-for-age, weight-for-age, weight-for-length, weight-for-height and body mass index-for-age - Methods and development

Mercedes de Onís, Adelheid W. Onyango, Elaine Borghi et al. · (2006) · 2006 · 3.5K citations

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Worldwide Timing of Growth Faltering: Revisiting Implications for Interventions

César G. Victora, Mercedes de Onís, Pedro Curi Hallal et al. · PEDIATRICS · 2010 · 1.5K citations

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Authors

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  1. MD
    Mercedes de Onís

    World Health Organization, Switzerland

    12 publications · 19.3K citations

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  2. JR
    Jere R. Behrman

    University of Pennsylvania, United States

    7 publications · 486 citations

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  3. CG
    César G. Victora

    Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Brazil

    6 publications · 5.3K citations

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  4. AD
    Aryeh D. Stein

    Emory University, United States

    6 publications · 665 citations

    6

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  5. SC
    S Chinn

    St Thomas' Hospital, United Kingdom

    5 publications · 169 citations

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Institutions

606

  1. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

    London, United Kingdom

    11 h-index

    19 publications

    527 citations

  2. Emory University

    Atlanta, United States

    10 h-index

    22 publications

    1.7K citations

  3. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    9 h-index

    21 publications

    3K citations

  4. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

    Atlanta, United States

    9 h-index

    22 publications

    4.3K citations

  5. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    8 h-index

    16 publications

    1.8K citations

  6. King Saud University

    Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    8 h-index

    19 publications

    424 citations

  7. Al Yamamah University

    Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    7 h-index

    13 publications

    227 citations

  8. Universidade Federal de Pelotas

    Pelotas, Brazil

    7 h-index

    21 publications

    4K citations

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  1. Annals of Human Biology

    33 publications · 1.6K citations

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  2. PubMed

    Repository · 28 publications · 3.3K citations

    17

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  3. PLoS ONE

    16 publications · 1.1K citations

    14

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  4. American Journal of Human Biology

    14 publications · 524 citations

    13

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  5. Acta Paediatrica

    9 publications · 4.7K citations

    10

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