NAME

Medical::Growth::NHANES_2000::Weight_for_Age::Child::Female

SYNOPSIS

use Medical::Growth::NHANES_2000;
Medical::Growth::NHANES_2000->find_measure_class(
  ages => 'Child', sex => 'Female',
  measure => 'Weight for Age')->pct_for_value($wt,$age);

DESCRIPTION

This class provides the NHANES 2000 parameters for weight-for-age tables for girls ages 2-20 years.

Weight values are expressed in kilograms, and ages in months.

For details of the methods provided to operate on observations, please see Medical::Growth::NHANES_2000::Base. For overall information on use of the NHANES 2000 system, please see Medical::Growth::NHANES_2000.

VERSION

version 1.00

AUTHOR

Charles Bailey <cbail@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright 2012-2014 Charles Bailey.

This software may be used under the terms of the Artistic License or the GNU General Public License, as the user prefers.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

The code incorporated into this package was originally written with United States federal funding as part of research work done by the author at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.