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Descriptor English: Weight by Height
Descriptor Spanish: Peso por Estatura
Descriptor peso por estatura
Scope note: Estándar para la evaluación del crecimiento del niño. Indica los cambios del percentil del peso en relación con la estatura, independientemente de su edad. (Traducción libre del original: Mahan & Escott-Stump, 2002)
Descriptor Portuguese: Peso-Estatura
Descriptor French: Poids par Taille
Tree number(s): SP6.270.233.111.756.567
Scope note: A standard for evaluating a child's growth. It indicates changes in weight percentile for height, regardless of age. (Mahan & Escott Stump-2002)
Allowable Qualifiers: EH ethnology
GE genetics
PH physiology
DeCS ID: 16508
Unique ID: DDCS016508
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Weight by Height - Preferred
Concept UI FD00057804
Scope note A standard for evaluating a child's growth. It indicates changes in weight percentile for height, regardless of age. (Mahan & Escott Stump-2002)
Preferred term Weight by Height



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