Height, weight, and body mass index (BMI) of Vietnamese (Hanoi) schoolchildren aged 7-11 years related to parents' occupation and education

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 21-26

  Aurelius, Göran ^a,e   Khanh, Nguyen Cong ^b   Truc, Duong Ba ^b   Ha, Tran Thu ^b   Lindgren, Gunilla ^c,d  

^a ST GÖRAN S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Institute for Protection of Children's Health   (Viet Nam)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e Utvecklingsenheten Modra och B   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JAPAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; VIET NAM;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VIETNAM;

EID: 0030034362     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/42.1.21     Document Type: Article

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