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  • Title: [New aspects of assessment of physical development of children and adolescents by preventive examinations].
    Author: Kahl H, Greil H, Johnson D, Sommer K, Voigt M.
    Journal: Arztl Jugendkd; 1990; 81(4):276-83. PubMed ID: 2088095.
    Abstract:
    The results of the examinations of a representative cross-section were used as the basis for bringing up to date the standard values and ranges of variability of the body measurements of newborns according to gestational age, of head circumference up to the 3rd year and of body height and weight from 0-18 years. Tables and somatograms were also drawn up for the evaluation of body weight in relation to specific types of build, and standard values for skinfold thickness and total body fat were worked out in order to permit a biologically meaningful assessment of the physical development and nutritional status of children and adolescents. Alongside the description of the individual stages in the development of selected characteristics of maturation used in assessing sexual maturity, percentiles for the average age on reaching each of these stages of development will be available, together with a new series of photographs of breast, pubes and genital development.
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