Anthropometry in adolescent girls in Kingston, Jamaica

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-29

  Walker, S P ^a   Grantham Mcgregor, S M ^a   Himes, J H ^b   Williams, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENTS; ADOLESCENTS, FEMALE; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; BLACKS--WOMEN; BODY HEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT--WOMEN; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT--WOMEN; CENTRAL AMERICA; CULTURAL BACKGROUND; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; JAMAICA; JUVENILE; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; NORTH AMERICA; NUTRITION; NUTRITION INDEXES; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; REFERENCE VALUE; RESEARCH REPORT; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUDIES; SURVEYS; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ADOLESCENTS; ADOLESCENTS, FEMALE; AGE FACTORS; AMERICAS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOLOGY; BLACKS--WOMEN; BODY HEIGHT--WOMEN; BODY WEIGHT--WOMEN; CARIBBEAN; CULTURAL BACKGROUND; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH; JAMAICA; MEASUREMENT; NORTH AMERICA; NUTRITION; NUTRITION INDEXES; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SAMPLING STUDIES; STUDIES; SURVEYS; YOUTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAMAICA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REFERENCE VALUES; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

ADOLESCENTS; ANTHROPOMETRIC DATA; CHILD GROWTH; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

JAMAICA, KINGSTON;

EID: 0029665746     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014469600004242     Document Type: Article

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