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Acknowledgement

The work was carried out mainly in the department of the corresponding author and partly in the departments of the other two authors, all serving the Government of West Bengal, India. It was part of their duty, and no external financial agency was involved.

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MKD and NB drafted the paper, supplied personal observations and references, and revised the manuscript. AKB was consulted for his own classification and comments on it. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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  1. Department of Pediatric Medicine, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, 700 020, India

    Mrinal Kanti Das

  2. Department of Community Medicine, Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, 700 020, India

    Nabanita Bhattacharyya

  3. Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine, Kolkata, 700 073, India

    Amiya Kumar Bhattacharyya

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Das, M.K., Bhattacharyya, N. & Bhattacharyya, A.K. WHO child growth standards. Eur J Pediatr 169, 253–255 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-009-1041-x

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