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    Risk factors for childhood obesity: shift of the entire BMI distribution vs. shift of the upper tail only in a cross sectional study

    Previous studies reported an increase of upper body mass index (BMI) quantiles for formula fed infants compared to breastfed infants, while corresponding mean differences were low. The aim of this study was to...

    André M Toschke, Rüdiger von Kries, Andreas Beyerlein, Simon Rückinger in BMC Public Health (2008)

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    Vaccination coverage in children can be estimated from health insurance data

    The introduction of new vaccines for young children requires instruments for a rapid and timely assessment of the progressively increasing vaccination coverage. We assessed whether routine data generated by st...

    Helen Kalies, Rebekka Redel, Rudolf Varga, Martin Tauscher in BMC Public Health (2008)